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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI know there are sites where the information can be dug out, but, as a public service,
could someone or some group create a site specifically to identify candidates who accept contributions from the NRA, directly or indirectly?
I think a lot of folks would be interested and it would be a good resource for those of us who write LTEs to our local papers.
Response to Atticus (Original post)
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Atticus
(15,124 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Control-Z
(15,681 posts)and sometimes downright mean to other members here?
mitch96
(13,818 posts)not face to face. I've seen this on many forums. On one forum it will get you kicked off if you ask the same thing that has been posted.. uggh
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redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)Some people forget not everyone sits in front of their keyboard all day and see every post. I come here a few days a week, certainly not every day.
We have our grumpy nasty people just like every other group. I"m sorry this response was so nasty. You can put people on ignore, I have done it more in the last two years than I can remember. I don't need the negativity of some folks here.
Control-Z
(15,681 posts)Assuming everyone here is watching the same TV program at the same time or checking in at DU at the same time and as frequently.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I do it just to annoy you, it's fun... but I can't answer for anyone else.
MichMary
(1,714 posts)it's available on opensecrets.com. I looked it up yesterday.
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=d000000082
Atticus
(15,124 posts)Control-Z
(15,681 posts)I didn't know about the site so I learned something. These are the kind of things we should all know. The information is spread by us so why not ask about it? Being armed with information is how we win.
tblue37
(64,980 posts)Yesterday CousinIT posted a PDF version of it:
Thread:
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100210271349
PDF file:
https://everytown.org/documents/2018/02/throw-them-out-nyt.pdf
sl8
(13,584 posts)Using Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) as an example:
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/pacs?cat=Q13&catlong=Gun+Rights&cid=N00002221&cycle=2016&seclong=Ideological%2FSingle-Issue§or=Q
Opensecrets.org tells us that he received $9,900 in campaign contributions from the NRA in 2016, but unless I'm missing something, it doesn't indicate that the NRA "... spent $5.6 million on ads attacking his Democratic challenger, Deborah Ross. Over the years, the group has spent $1.4 million on ads supporting Burr... (from http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lawmakers-nra-money/story?id=53230001).
I'd guess that you could find the information from the FEC website, but I'd be interested in knowing of any other sources.