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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., ranking Democrat, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Earned income: $158,100. Honoraria, all donated to charity: $16,500. Major assets: Four Kennedy family trust funds, three other trust funds including two blind trusts, combined value of $9.7 million-$46.5 million. Major sources of unearned income: Family and blind trusts, $440,000-$3.3 million. Major liabilities: Mortgage on Hyannisport, MA, residence, $1 million-$5 million. Gifts: None. Narrative: Kennedy purchased the former Hyannisport home of his brother, President John Kennedy, from the president's daughter Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and her husband. He paid $3 million for the house, which is located next to Senator Kennedy's home in the Kennedy family compound. He received $50,000-$100,000 in rental income from the property. Sen. Kennedy's wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, owned undeveloped land in Lafayette, La., worth $100,001-$250,000. Kennedy received $1,001-$2,500 for rental of a parking space in Boston. His honoraria was for monthly appearances on the ``Face Off'' radio program. ___ Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., ranking Democrat, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Earned income: $158,100. Honoraria, all donated to charity: None. Major assets: Stock of Commercial Metals Corp. and other companies, mutual funds, and bank accounts, $220,000-$700,000. Major sources of unearned income: Capital gains on sale of Texas Genco Holdings stock, $15,001-$50,000; dividends and capital gains from Commercial Metals stock, $15,001-$50,000. Major liabilities: None. Gifts: None. Narrative: Lieberman received fees of $20,000 as manager of a family trust. He reported taking two privately funded trips. One was a two-day trip to Los Angeles paid for by the Friends of the Fulfillment Fund, a nonprofit organization that helps disadvantaged students. The other was to New York to deliver the keynote address at a dinner, and was funded by the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation. His wife Hadassah Lieberman, received $40,000 for three speeches last year at West Chester University in Pennsylvania and for two Jewish groups. ___ Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., ranking Democrat, Senate Rules Committee. Earned income: $158,100. Honoraria, all donated to charity: None. Major assets: Cottage in County Galway, Ireland, $100,000-$250,000. Major sources of unearned income: None. Major liabilities: Mortgage on Ireland cottage, $100,000-$250,000. Gifts: None. Narrative: Dodd traveled to Coral Gables, Fla., for three days in February, to participate in the annual conference of the U.S.-Spain Council, which paid his expenses. Dodd's wife, Jackie Clegg, has property in Utah worth $15,001-$50,000. ___ Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, ranking Democrat, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. Earned income: $158,100. Honoraria, all donated to charity: None. Major assets: A condominium in Alexandria, Va., Akaka family savings accounts and Honolulu real estate, and a Senate Federal Credit Union account, each worth $100,001-$250,000. Major sources of unearned income: State of Hawaii pension, $13,672; Rent from Virginia condo, $5,001-$15,000. Major liabilities: None. Gifts: None. Narrative: Akaka earned his pension from the state of Hawaii by working for the Department of Education, running the state Office of Economic Opportunity and serving as a special assistant to the governor, before being elected to Congress. ___ Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., ranking Democrat, Senate Ethics Committee. Johnson requested and was granted an extension to file his disclosure report. ___ Sen. Ted F. Stevens, R-Alaska, chairman, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Earned income: $172,900 Honoraria, all donated to charity: None. Major assets: U.S. Senate Federal Credit Union account, $250,001-$500,000; IRA with Key Trust Co. National Association holdings, $100,001-$250,000; CSFB, LLC, a money market account, $50,001-$100,000. Major sources of unearned income: Capital gains of $100,001-$500,000 each sales of on five properties in Alaska; Interest on promissory note, $15,001-$50,000. Major liabilities: Taxes due IRS on sale of a limited liability company, $1000,001-$250,000. Gifts: Rug and tea set from the president of Azerbaijan, $950; grape serving set from King Abdullah of Jordan, $150; watch from the president of France, $328. All donated to the secretary of the Senate. Narrative: As Senate president pro tempore, Stevens earned $171,900, rather than the base Senate salary of $158,100. His earned income also included a $1,000 director's fee from Chamer Co., Inc., a family investment company. Stevens' wife received income of more than $1,000 from her job at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, a Washington, D.C. law firm. His largest source of unearned income was the June 15 sale of his interest in undeveloped land in the Centerpoint subdivision in Anchorage, which totaled about $227,000. His tax bill was paid in full in April, 2005
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