Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Republican Whip.

Earned income: $165,200

Honoraria, all donated to charity: none

Major assets: Three IRAs, each $100,000-250,000; Bank of America savings account, $50,000-100,000; Fidelity investment fund, $50,000-100,000.

Major sources of unearned income: None.

Major liabilities: None.

Gifts: None.

Narrative: Most of Kyl's assets are in individual retirement accounts, which were worth almost $550,000 at the end of 2007.

Leaders of Senate Committees

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman Senate Agriculture Committee.

Earned income: $165,200.

Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.

Major assets: Johnson & Johnson stock, $50,000-100,000.

Major sources of unearned income: Dividends on Johnson & Johnson stock, $1,001-$2,500.

Major liabilities: None.

Gifts: None.

Narrative: Harkin's wife, Ruth Raduenz, was employed by Houston-based ConocoPhillips, United Technologies Corp. of Washington, D.C., and paper and pulp company AbitibiBowater Inc. of Montreal with an unspecified salary and stock options from each. Her investment holdings include more than $1 million in United Technologies Corp. and in a money market fund. She also held investments worth $500,000-$1 million each in ConocoPhillips Corp. and in two mutual funds.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., senior Republican Senate Agriculture Committee.

Earned income: $165,200.

Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.

Major assets: Southwest Georgia Financial Group stock, $50,001-$100,000; Gateway Capital investment fund, $50,001-$100,000; South Georgia Banking Company CD, $50,001-$100,000.

Major sources of unearned income: Interest from South Georgia Banking Company CD, $2,501-$5,000; interest from Gateway Capital fund, $1,001-$2,500; dividends from Southwest Georgia Financial Group stock, $1,001-$2,500.

Major liabilities: None.

Gifts: None.

Narrative: In 2006, when he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee, Chambliss reported being reimbursed for four domestic trips for farm-related speaking engagements. But after losing the gavel in 2007, he reported no travel. He reported no major transactions, except the sale of MetLife stock owned by his wife for $15,001-$50,000. Since 1996, Chambliss has been an honorary board member of the Georgia-based Camp Sunshine, a program for children with cancer.

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W-Va., Senate president pro tempore, chairman Senate Appropriations Committee.

Earned income: $213,500

Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.

Major assets: Individual retirement account, $100,000-$250,000. Insurance holdings $100,000-$250,000.

Major sources of unearned income: Interest on IRA, $5,000-$15,000. Rental home, $5,000-$15,000.

Major liabilities: None.

Gifts: None.

Narrative: The longest-serving senator in U.S. history, the 90-year-old Byrd never accumulated the wealth enjoyed by many of his Senate colleagues. Beyond his IRA, his main source of unearned income was rent from a house in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He also reported $30,000 in income from a book.

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., senior Republican, Senate Appropriations Committee.

Earned income: $165,200.

Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.

Major assets: A cabin in Oxford, Miss., $250,001-$500,000.

Major sources of unearned income: None.

Major liabilities: None.

Gifts: None.

Narrative: Cochran received roundtrip airfare from Washington to Boston, hotel and meals from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Inc., in March 2007. He received ground travel and meals in Sonoma, Calif., from The Wine Institute in April 2007.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman Senate Armed Services Committee.

Earned income: $165,200.

Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.

Major assets: House in Washington, D.C, $774,120.; 1/9th undivided interest in commercial real estate in Birmingham, Mich., $317,300; half interest in 79 acres in Livingston County, Mich., $284,000; 10 acres in Livingston County, Mich., $120,000; two-thirds interest in 18 acres in Livingston County, $102,000.

Major sources of unearned income: Rent on commercial real estate in Birmingham, $21,022; Rent on a unit in personal residence, $7,546.

Major liabilities: None.

Gifts: None.

Narrative: Each year, Levin provides a precise breakdown of his assets instead of noting the broad ranges his holdings fall within, as required by law. He also details spending from his Senate office, including expenditures such as lunches and farewell gifts to staffers. Levin serves as a member of two limited liability real estate companies: Detroit-based LRS Co. and Birmingham, Mich.-based Levinson-Levin Properties.

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., chairman Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Earned income: $165,200.

Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.

Major assets: Cottage in County Galway, Ireland, $100,001-$250,000.

Major sources of unearned income: Rent from cottage., $5,001-$15,000.

Major liabilities: Mortgage on cottage, $100,001-$250,000.

Gifts: None.

Narrative: Dodd received a $78,893 advance from Crown Publishing Group in New York for his book "Letters from Nuremberg." His father was a prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials. His wife, Jackie, has money market funds, IRAs and stock in companies including Blockbuster, Inc. and Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. She received director fees from Blockbuster, Inc., Cardiome Pharma Corp., the Chicago Board of Trade, Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Brookdale Senior Living. She reported $15,001-$50,000 income from the sale of land in Wasatch, Utah.

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., senior Republican Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Earned income: $165,200.

Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.

Major assets: 48 shares of Tuscaloosa Title Co., $1 million-$5 million; Tuscaloosa house, more than $1 million; Washington, D.C., townhouse, more than $1 million; Bank CD's, $500,001-$1 million.

Major sources of unearned income: Dividends from Tuscaloosa Title Co., $100,001-$1 million.

Major liabilities: Wells Fargo mortgage on Tuscaloosa apartment complex, $1 million-$5 million. Loan from Regions Bank, $250,001-$500,000.

Gifts: None.

Narrative: Shelby transferred a portion of his 124-unit apartment complex in Tuscaloosa into a family trust on Dec. 31 2007, valuing the transfer at $500,001-$1 million.

Shelby's office said he would amend his report to clarify that he still owns the remainder of the complex, valued at $5 million to $25 million.

Shelby's wife also sold an IRA valued at $500,001-$1 million.

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(This version CORRECTS income amount for Chambliss investment.) )

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