Claim: "The median net worth of American households hasn't changed much over the past decades, it's about $20,000 ... but Congress' average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled."
Fact-check: MSNBC's Melber: Congressional wealth climbed while median American saw no change
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Jon Greenberg
Date published: 2014-02-11T00:00:00