tough economy. that is no surprise to anyone. and the last thing lawmakers want is fallout from giving themselves a pay hike so they decided to forego that one this year. >> that's probably a good idea. not that they need it. many of our lawmakers are multimillionaires. a list online shows who the wealthiest are. our josh l evs is on the lookout. this is interesting. >> massive sums of money and the echelon of salaries in america. let me first show you numbers. as a rule, lawmakers get this each year, $174,000 annual salary for most lawmakers. there are some that make more, make even up to $193,000 talking about the senate majority leader, for example. now, what we have for you is a break down of who the wealthiest lawmakers are. we thought we should look at that since they're giving up the pay hike. most of them don't need it.