In case you worried that members of the U.S. Senate might be short on walking-around money for Washington, rest easy knowing that eight of them — including Josh Hawley, Missouri’s senior GOP senator — made more than $100,000 in book royalties in 2023.

According to a breakdown from Business Insider, the list of Senate members who cleared the six-figure royalty bar included five Republicans, two Democrats and independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Hawley, whose “Manhood” was released in May 2023, took in $127,500 in 2023, according to federal financial disclosure statements. That placed Hawley in the No. 7 spot on the list.

But wait, there’s more.

It was reported late last year that Hawley had inked a pact with Regnery Publishing to write a new book, “The Awakenings: The Religious Revivals that Made America — and Why We Need Another One.” No release date has yet been announced.

The list of eight royalty-raking senators, in order of most money earned, is thus:

Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat who has earned more than $1.3 million in royalties since 2021; Texas Republican Ted Cruz; Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican; GOP’s Katie Britt of Alabama; Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky; Sanders; Hawley; and Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia.

Hawley is running for his second term in November. His main rival is Democrat Lucas Kunce of Independence.

Other hopefuls include Libertarian W.C. Young, Doris Canaday of the Socialist Equality Party and independent Jared Young, who last week picked up the endorsement of former Missouri U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth.

Missouri’s senior GOP senator has signed deal to write book on religion, which has his main opponent asking him to pay $250,000 for "sunshine law" violations.

Too many young American men are underemployed, underperforming at school, and generally underachieving at life, Sen. Josh Hawley writes.

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