Sanders cracks $1 million mark in income

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the Statehouse in 2016. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerU.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made more than $1 million in 2016, a sharp increase for the democratic socialist, who has historically been one of the poorer members of Congress.
The financial details, provided by Sanders in his annual Senate disclosure, dwarf his net income in previous years and show how his newfound political stature has translated into dollars and cents. In publicly available Senate re