[Vision2020] The Top 20 Top Recipients of NRA Cash in Congress

Thu Jun 16 16:09:54 PDT 2016

Another question, g (although you never answered my first question) . . . 

When you buy a car, do you get it registered . . . get license plates for it?

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon

> On Jun 16, 2016, at 3:40 PM, g crabtree <direoutcome at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The "sickness" is to use a tragedy to further a liberal agenda by passing knee jerk legislation that would have done nothing to prevent the crime in question.
> 
> It amazes me that the thought of bruising the civil liberties of between two and three million American Muslims by treating them to a little bit of extra surveillance in Mosques and airports is unthinkable and yet the notion of stepping all over the rights of over 70 million firearms owners is entirely reasonable.
> 
> g
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Shirley Ringo <ringoshirl at moscow.com> wrote:
>> Fascinating that looking for a way to avoid slaughters like the one in Orlando would be viewed as a “disease.”
>> 
>> The sickness is evidenced by those who don’t want to “do something.”
>> 
>> S
>> 
>> From: <vision2020-bounces at moscow.com> on behalf of g crabtree <direoutcome at gmail.com>
>> Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 10:45 AM
>> To: Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
>> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Top 20 Top Recipients of NRA Cash in Congress
>> 
>> None of the anti second amendment laws currently before congress would have done a thing to prevent the tragedy in Orlando.
>> 
>> I would suggest that the legislators listed be called and thanked for their steadfast support for the second amendment and encouraged to stand firm in the face of the dreaded 'do something disease' that inevitably (and cynically) sweeps the nation at times such as these.
>> 
>> g
>> 
>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:
>>> Courtesy of The Nation magazine at:
>>> 
>>> http://www.thenation.com/article/call-the-top-20-top-recipients-of-nra-cash-in-congress/
>>> 
>>> --------------------------------
>>> 
>>> Call the Top 20 Top Recipients of NRA Cash in Congress
>>> They might be able to prevent the next Orlando—if they get out of the way of gun-control legislation
>>> Here are the top 20 lifetime recipients of cash from the NRA (1998 to 2016) serving in Congress. While many of them offered “prayers” for the victims of gun violence, they refuse to pass the gun-control laws that might have saved their lives instead. Below you’ll see how much each congressman thinks those lives are worth.
>>> 
>>> Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt (R)
>>> $60,550
>>> (202) 224-5721
>>> 
>>> Alaska Rep. Don Young (R)
>>> $55,650
>>> (202) 225-5765
>>> 
>>> Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot (R)
>>> $54,100
>>> (202) 225-2216
>>> 
>>> Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R)
>>> $52,250
>>> (202) 225-5431
>>> 
>>> Texas Rep. Pete Sessions (R)
>>> $51,650
>>> (202) 225-2231
>>> 
>>> South Dakota Sen. John Thune (R)
>>> $44,155
>>> (202) 224-2321
>>> 
>>> Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson (R)
>>> $43,750
>>> (202) 225-5531
>>> 
>>> Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt (R)
>>> $43,749
>>> (202) 225-4876
>>> 
>>> Kentucky Rep. Hal Rogers (R)
>>> $41,400
>>> (202) 225-4601
>>> 
>>> Minnesota Rep. John Kline (R)
>>> $40,750
>>> (202) 225-2271
>>> 
>>> Georgia Rep. Sanford Bishop (D)
>>> $40,650
>>> (202) 225-3631
>>> 
>>> California Rep.Ken Calvert (R)
>>> $40,550
>>> (202) 225-1986
>>> 
>>> Oregon Rep. Greg Walden (R)
>>> $37,250
>>> (202) 225-6730
>>> 
>>> Missouri Rep. Sam Graves (R)
>>> $37,100
>>> (202) 225-7041
>>> 
>>> Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (R)
>>> $36,800
>>> (202) 225-3031
>>> 
>>> North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr (R)
>>> $35,700  
>>> (202) 224-3154
>>> 
>>> Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R)
>>> $35,250
>>> (202) 224-4623
>>> 
>>> Kentucky Rep. Ed Whitfield (R)
>>> $34,850
>>> (202) 225-3115
>>> 
>>> Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Murphy (R)
>>> $33,500
>>> (202) 225-2301
>>> 
>>> Texas Rep. Joe Barton (R)
>>> $31,500
>>> (202) 225-2002
>>> 
>>> --------------------------------
>>> 
>>> Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a few phone calls to make.
>>> 
>>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>> 
>>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>>   
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>> 
>>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
>>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
>>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>> 
>>> - John Lennon
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