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In reply to the discussion: 1972 ARTICLE SURFACES SHOWING BERNIE SANDERS BACKED ABORTION RIGHTS YEAR BEFORE ROE V WADE [View all]lapucelle
(18,249 posts)24. And there's the $11,000+ he took from the gun lobbies.
Gun-rights groups donated nearly all their money in 2016 to candidates running for president, leaders in Congress and candidates in key Senate races. More than 98% of the contributions went to Republicans.
Also read: Trump Today: President mum on bill to make gun silencers legal
Other top recipients in 2016 included House Speaker Paul Ryan and swing-state senators such as Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Both senators won closely fought election battles last november to help Republicans retain control of the Senate.
The only non-Republican in the top 25: Bernie Sanders, a Senate independent whose state, Vermont, has a strong hunting tradition. He accepted $11,129 in cash.
Also read: Trump Today: President mum on bill to make gun silencers legal
Other top recipients in 2016 included House Speaker Paul Ryan and swing-state senators such as Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Both senators won closely fought election battles last november to help Republicans retain control of the Senate.
The only non-Republican in the top 25: Bernie Sanders, a Senate independent whose state, Vermont, has a strong hunting tradition. He accepted $11,129 in cash.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/lawmakers-who-take-the-most-money-from-the-gun-rights-lobby-2017-10-03
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1972 ARTICLE SURFACES SHOWING BERNIE SANDERS BACKED ABORTION RIGHTS YEAR BEFORE ROE V WADE [View all]
aidbo
Jun 2019
OP
Good, I would argue that most if not all our candidates support the choice to have an abortion.
Agschmid
Jun 2019
#1
At one time years ago the NFL goal posts were ON the goal line, now they're 10 yards back.
George II
Jun 2019
#11
"...calling for the abolition of "all laws dealing with abortion, drugs, sexual behavior." " ??
George II
Jun 2019
#8
Are political positions from the 1970's and 1980's really going to be fair game?
lapucelle
Jun 2019
#12
So he was a Presidential Elector for the Socialist Workers' Party, but he was never a "member"?
George II
Jun 2019
#19
Wow! That's only $970 less than Texas' Henry Cuellar, whom Sanders' offshoot organization....
George II
Jun 2019
#27
Yes, I think that if people are going to go back that far to find praiseworthy items
ehrnst
Jun 2019
#30
If we're discussing articles from 1972, I can think of some others from 1972 also.
George II
Jun 2019
#21