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The career totals column includes all monies contributed from the NRA either directly or in an effort to elect or reelect the candidate. [12] This includes direct support payments, money spent to elect the candidate and also money used to campaign against the opposing candidate.
The NRA-PVF was established in 1976 as an NRA subsidiary and registered as a political action committee (PAC). [4] The NRA-PVF operates a rating system for political candidates that assesses their support for gun-rights. It also helps its members locate an NRA Election Volunteer Coordinator (EVC) for their area and to register to vote. [5] [4] [6]
By 1976, as the NRA became more politically oriented, the Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF), a PAC, was established as a subsidiary to the NRA, to support NRA-friendly politicians. [101] Chris W. Cox, who is the NRA's chief lobbyist and principal political strategist, is also the NRA-PVF chairman. Through the NRA-PVF, the NRA began to rate ...
The Senate amended the bill to extend the assault weapons ban and close the so-called gun-show loophole, whereupon the NRA withdrew its support and the bill was defeated in March 2004. A new "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act" (S.397) passed and was signed into law by President George W. Bush in October 2005.
The NRA's Political Victory Fund super PAC spent $11.2 million in the 2012 election cycle, [88] and as of April 2014, it had raised $13.7 million for 2014 elections. [89] Michael Bloomberg 's gun-control super PAC, Independence USA, spent $8.3 million in 2012 [ 90 ] [ 91 ] and $6.3 million in 2013. [ 92 ]
Since the NRA's founding in 1871, nine of the following 28 presidents were NRA members. Of those nine, eight were Republicans while one, President John F. Kennedy, was a Democrat. The first ...
Even diminished, the NRA still dwarfs the NSSF in terms of overall revenue and membership, and it remains a heavyweight in electoral politics, having recently hosted former President Donald Trump.
Harris has consistently supported gun control and has received an "F" rating from the pro-gun NRA Political Victory Fund. [55] [56] As district attorney in San Francisco, Harris, along with other district attorneys, filed an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Heller arguing the Washington, D.C. gun law at issue did not violate the Second ...