Let's face it friends, it's cold out there. Much
of the United States has been experiencing
colder than normal temperatures. However
one shouldn't assume our President is right
in his theory that global warming is a farce.
Unfortunately climatic challenges are not the
only battles to be fought in our political cold
war. Within our American experience the
political gap only grows deeper. And when
confronted with such a schism some prefer
to run or hide from reality. However at times
horrific events suddenly force us to finally face
the facts. Even when some of us don't want to.
Wednesday's mass shooting in Parkland, Florida
brings the 2018 school shootings total to eight.
Averaging 1.3 school shootings per week over
the last forty five days. Since Sandy Hook more
than four hundred children and adults have been
killed in our schools. The majority murdered by
automatic assault rifle fire. Add mass shootings
such as the one that occurred on the Vegas strip
and one can only but wonder why NOTHING
has been done to end this mania. The sad fact
is that no child or educator is safe in their school
as long as we continue to allow guns to be put
into the hands of known and confirmed lunatics.
This argument isn't about hunting. Nor is about
owning a gun at home in order to protect your
turf and family. This is about allowing crazy,
sick persons to be literally given a license to
kill. Allowing easy access to high-performance
killing machines. Our firearms system is broken.
Which means that the acts of an unbalanced few
prove that gun control is something we have to
face, address, and embrace. The fact is that no
perpetrator has walked into a school wielding
the typical weapons that most sportsmen own.
Nor the type of firearm that an average citizen
carries in their own self-defense. NADA.
Instead, this crisis is all about an industry that
refuses to bear any responsibility for the results
of their lobbying efforts. In truth most Second
Amendment advocacy is tainted by those who
are unwilling to limit their profits, revenue, and
corporate growth. Said people fund the National
Rifle Association. Not average Americans who
simply want to protect their rights to bear arms.
Somehow we've allowed greed and avarice to
cloud our judgment. And sadly it seems, have
enabled corruptive corporate lobbyists to guide
our political process in their favor. And in the
process facilitate mass killings of our children.
Growing up as a baby boomer, there was no
place safer than school. It was a haven. A
refuge. A reassuring structured enclave of
learning, growth, and empowerment. Now
forces that seem beyond but yet actually are
fully within our control have turned them
into killing fields. Under circumstances such
as these - we cannot accept the status quo.
Instead we must demand that gun control
laws be changed immediately to protect the
innocent. It's time to pull the trigger. To zero
in on those who prefer to empower insanity
as they profit from death. They must STOP.
Yesterday the New York Times
published a list of the TOP TEN
U. S. Senate and Congressional
Represenatives ranked by total
donations they have accepted
fromNational Rifle Association
throughout their careers. They
are ranked from highest down...
DONALD J TRUMP
45th President, United States
REPUBLICAN
$21,000,000 from the NRA
TOP TEN RECIPIENTS UNITED STATES SENATE
JOHN McCAIN, Senator
Arizona since January 3, 1987
Congress 1983-1987
Arizona since January 3, 1987
Congress 1983-1987
REPUBLICAN
$7,740,521 from the NRA
North Carolina since January 3, 2005
Congressman 1995-2005
REPUBLICAN
$6,986,620 from the NRA
ROY BLUNT, Senator
Missouri since January 3, 2011
REPUBLICAN
$4,551,146 from the NRA
North Carolina since January 3, 2015
REPUBLICAN
$4,418,012 from the NRA
CORY GARDNER, Senator
Colorado since January 3, 2015
Congressman 2011-2015
Congressman 2011-2015
REPUBLICAN
$3,879,064 from the NRA
Florida since January 3, 2011
REPUBLICAN
$3,3030,355 from the NRA
JONI ERNST, Senator
Iowa since January 3, 2015
REPUBLICAN
$3,124,273 from the NRA
Ohio since January 3, 2011
Senator 1993-2005
REPUBLICAN
$3,061.941 from the NRA
TODD YOUNG, Senator
Indiana since January 3, 2015
Congressman 2011-2017
Congressman 2011-2017
REPUBLICAN
$2,896,732 from the NRA
Louisiana since January 3, 2015
Congressman 2009-2015
REPUBLICAN
$2,861,047 from the NRA
TOP TEN NRA RECIPIENTS U.S. CONGRESS
FRENCH HILL, Congressman
Arkansas since January 3, 2015
REPUBLICAN
$1,089,477 from the NRA
Colorado since January 3, 2015
REPUBLICAN
$800,544 from the NRA
DAVID YOUNG, Congressman
Iowa since January 3, 2015
Up for re-election 2018
Up for re-election 2018
REPUBLICAN
$707,662 from the NRA
Idaho since January 3, 1999
REPUBLICAN
$385,731 from the NRA
GREG GIANFORTE, Congressman
Montana since June 21, 2017
REPUBLICAN
$344,630 from the NRA
Alaska since March, 6 1973
REPUBLICAN
$245,720 from the NRA
LLOYD SMUCKER, Congressman
Pennsylvania since January 3, 2017
REPUBLICAN
$221,736 from the NRA
Maine since January 3, 2015
Up for re-election 2018
REPUBLICAN
$201,398 from the NRA
Texas since January 3, 2013
REPUBLICAN
$158,111 from the NRA
Virginia since January 3, 2015
Up for re-election in 2018
REPUBLICAN
$137,232 from the NRA
BALANCE OF THE PAC
Following are the balance of those who received donations from the NRA.
Taken from a list compiled from public filings by OpenSecrets.org
SENATE 52 out of 100
11. Tom Cotton, Arizona Republican, $1,968.714
12. David Perdue, Georgia, Republican, $1,825,006
13. Pat Roberts, Kansas, Republican, $1,584,153
14. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, Republican, $1,467,821
15. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin, Republican, $1,269,486
16. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky ,Republican, $1,261,874
17. John Thune, South Dakota, Republican, $632,486
18. Jeff Flake, Arizona, Republican. $365,302
19. Shelly Moore Caputo, West Virginia, Republican, $335,770
20. Richard Shelby, Alabama, Republican, $259,464
21. Chuck Grassley, Iowa, Republican, $232,337
22. John Kennedy, Louisiana, Republican, $215,788
23. Orrin Hatch, Utah, Republican, $140,748
24. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Republican, $139,086
25. Johnny Isaksen, Georgia, Republican, $130,809
26. Dean Heller, Nevada, Republican, $125,302
27. Steven Daines, Montana, Republican, $121,711
28. Paul Rand, Kentucky, Republican, $104,456
29. Mike Rounds, South Dakota, Republican, $93,049
30. Roger Wicker, Mississippi, Republican, $89,406
31. John Boozeman, Arizona, Republican, $82,352
32. Bob Corker, Tennessee, Republican, $79,203
33. Ted Cruz, Texas, Republican, $77,450
34. Ben Sasse, Nebraska, Republican, $68,623
35.Thad Cochrane, Mississippi, Republican. $65,883
36. James Inhofe, Oklahoma, Republican, $65,191
37. Mike Crappo, Idaho, Republican, $59,989
38. John Cornyn, Texas, Republican, $59,635
39. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Republican, $49,049
40. Jerry Moran, Kansas, Republican, $34,149
41. Mike Enzi, Wyoming, Republican, $24,722
42. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, Republican, $23,426
43. John Barasso, Wyoming, Republican, $21,489
44. John Hoeven, North Dakota, Republican, $21,050
45. James Lankford, Oklahoma, Republican, $18,955
46. James Risch, Idaho, Republican, $18,850
47. Tim Scott, South Carolina, Republican, $18,513
48. Susan Collins, Maine, Republican, $18,099
49. Deb Fisher, Nebraska, Republican, $15,960
50. Joe Manchin, West Virginia, Democrat, $11,450
51. Mike Lee, Utah, Republican, $8,291
52. Patrick Leahy, Vermont, Democrat, $7,000
CONGRESS - 234 out of 465 Members
11. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia, Republican, $137,126
12. Steve Chabot, Ohio, Republican, $114,548
13. Mike Coffman, Colorado, Republican, $112,501
14. Scott Tipton, Colorado, Republican, $104,023
15. Sam Graves, Missouri, Republican, $103,362
16. Tim Walberg, Michigan, Republican, $100,988
17. Jamie Beutler, Washington, Republican, $95,298
18, Karen Handel, Georgia, Republican, $90,258
19. Steve Pearce, New Mexico, Republican, $90,165
20. David Schweikert, Arizona, Republican, $77,687
21. Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania, Republican, $77,348
22. Carlos Curbelo, Florida, Republican, $75,425
23. Steve Silvers, Ohio, Republican, $70,997
24. Martha McSally, Arizona, Republican, $68,234
25. Joe Barton, Texas, Republican, $63,912
26. Steve King, Iowa, Republican, $63,404
27. Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania, Republican, $62,773
28. Paul Ryan, Pennsylvania, Republican, $61,401
29. Ken Calvert, California, Republican, $61,125
30. Hal Rogers, Kentucky, Republican, $60,429
31. John Shimkus, Illinois, Republican, $59,304
32. Bill Johnson, Ohio, Republican, $56,656
33. Walter Jones Jr., North Carolina, Republican $56,655
34. Lee Zeldin, New York, Republican, $56,281
35. Sean Duffy, Wisconsin, Republican, $54,514
36. Kevin Yoder, Kansas, Republican, $52,938
37. Tom McClintock, California, Republican, $52,842
38. Frank Lucas, Oklahoma, Republican, $52,151
39. David Valadao, California, Republican, $51,570
40. Robert Aderholt, Alabama, Republican, $49,928
41. Sanford Bishop, Georgia, Democrat, $49,496
42. David Joyce, Ohio, Republican, $47,921
43. Jeff Denhem, California, Republica, $46,861
44. Gene Green, Texas, Democrat, $46,814
45. Collin Peterson, Minnesota, Democrat, $46,759
46. Claudia Tenney, New York, Republican, $46,529
47. Jim Renacci, Ohio, Republican, $46,347
48. John Katko, New York, Republican, $46,001
49. Greg Walden, Oregon, Republican, $45,746
50. Rodney Davis, Illinois, Republican, $45,269
51. John Faso, New York, Republican, $44,939
52. Rod Blum, Iowa, Republican, $43,148
53. Patrick McHenry, North Caolina, Republican, $43,70
54. Robert Latta, Ohio, Republican, $43,022
55. John Culberson, Texas, Republican, $41,389
56. Mike Gallagher, Wisconsin, Republican, $41,121
57. Lamar Smith, Texas, Republican, $41,014
58. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri, Republican, $39,375
59. Ed Royce, California, Republican, $38,800
60. Darrell Issa, California, Republican, $37,636
61. Steve Scalise, Louisiana, Republican, $36,250
62. Daniel Webster, Florida, Republican, $35,349
63. Sam Johnson, Texas, Republican, $35,014
64. Dana Rohrabacker, California, Republican, $34,817
65. Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania, Republican, $34,308
66. Kevin McCarthy, California, Republican, $33,940
67. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, Republican, $32,952
68. Douglas Lamborn, Colorado, Republican, $32,560
69. Brian Mast, Florida, Republican, $32,519
70. Peter Roskam, Illinois, Republican, $32,216
71. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida, Republican, $32,002
72. Erik Paulsen, Minnesota, Republican, $31,613
73. Mac Thornberry, Texas, Republican, $31,514
74. Ryan Costello, Pennsylvania, Republican, $31,119
75. Mike Rogers, Alabama, Republican, $30,831
76. Kevin Brady, Texas, Republican, $30,005
77. Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania, Republican, $29,530
78. Andy Harris, Maryland, Republican, $29,444
79. Michael McCaul, Texas, Republican, $28,916
80. Jeb Hensarling, Texas, Republican, $28,885
81. Will Hurd, Texas, Republican, $27,771
82. John Carter, Texas, Republican, $27,014
83. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington, Republican, $26,766
84. Henry Cuellar, Texas, Democrat, $26,719
85. Tom Cole, Oklahoma, Republican $26,521
86. Rob Wittlman, Virginia, Republican $25,221
87. Rob Bishop, Utah, Republican $24,884
88. Tim Ryan, Ohio, Democrat, $24,805
89. John Duncan, Tennessee, Republican, $24,201
90. Michael Turner, Ohio, Republican, $23,465
91. Devin Nunes, California, Republican, $23,030
92. Diana Black, Tennessee, Republican, $22,991
93. Virginia Foxx, North Carolina, Republican, $22,078
94. Dave Reichert, Washington, Republican, $21,778
95. Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska, Republican, $21,628
96. Tom Reed New York , Republican, $21,312
97. James Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin, Republican, $20,468
98 Vernon Buchanan, Florida, Republican, $19,940
99. Richard Hudson, North Carolina, Republican, $19,525
100. Michael Burgess, Texas, Republican, $19,485
101. Dennis, Ross, Florida, Republican, $19,375
102. Kay Granger, Texas, Republican, $19,014
103. Mark Amodel, Nevada, Republican, $18,649
104. Donald John Bacon, Nebraska, Republican, $18,328
105. Joe Wilson, South Carolina, Republican, $18,177
106. Darin LaHood, Illinois, Republican, $17,990
107. Tim Walz, Minnesota, Democrat, $17,250
108. Adrian Smith, Nebraska, Republican, $16,800
109. Gus Bilirakis, Florida, Republican, $16,450
110. Randy Hultgren, Illinois, Republican, $16,254
111. Mike Conway, Texas Republican, $16,064
112. Bill Posey, Florida, Republican, $15,936
113. Jim Jordan, Ohio, Republican, $15,878
114. Ted Poe, Texas, Republican, $15,436
115. Pete Olson, Texas, Republican, $15,303
116. Alex Mooney, West Virginia, Republican, $15,016
117. Kenny Marchant, Texas, Republican, $14,814
118. Raul Labrador, Idaho, Republican, $14,813
119. Tom Graves, Georgia, Republican, $13,650
120. Steve Knight, California, Republican, $13,487
121. Louis Gohmert, Texas, Republican, $13,386
122. Duncan Hunter, California, Republican, $13,000
123. Robert Pittenger, North Carolina, Republican, $12,712
124. Kevin Cramer, North Dakota, Republican, $12,711
125. Jeff Duncan, South Carolina, Republican, $12,500
126. Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Republican, $12,290
127. Fred Upton, Michigan, Republican, $12,106
128. Morgan Griffith, Virginia, Republican, $12,054
129. Bill Flores, Texas, Republican, $12,000
130. Bill Huizenga, Michigan, Republican, $11,650
131. Paul Gosar, Arizona, Republican, $11,519
132. Larry, Bucshon, Indiana, Republican, $11,379
133. James Corner, Kentucky, Republican, $11,192
134. Doug Collins, Georgia, Republican, $11,140
135. Alcee Hastings, Florida, Democrat, $10,900
136. John Moolenaar, Michigan, Republican, $10,554
137. Brett Guthrie, Kentucky, Republican, $10,500
138. Billy Long, Missouri, Republican, $10,500
139. Tom Rooney, Florida, Republican, $10,500
140. Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania, Republican, $10,500
141. Andy Barr, Kentucky, Republican, $10,315
142. Ron Kind, Wisconsin Democrat, $10,282
143. Mike Bishop, Mississippi, Republican, $10,082
144. Ralph Norman, South Carolina, Republican, $10,029
145. James Cluburn, South Carolina, Democrat, $9,900
146. Charlie Christ, Florida, Democrat, $9,900
147. Pete King, New York, Republican, $9,900
148. Kurt Schrader, Oregon, Democrat, $9,887
149. Doug La Maifa, California, Republican, $9,590
150. Bruce Westerman, Arizona, Republican, $9,504
151. Blake Farenthold, Texas, Republican, $9,500
152. Steve Womack, Arizona, Republican, $9,500
153. Rick Crawford, Arizona, Republican, $8,977
154. Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee, Republican, $8,922
155. George Holding, North Carolina, Republican, $8,797
156. Mike Bost, Illinoiis, Republican, $8,760
157. Chris Collins, New York, Republican, $8,695
158. Perry Scott, Pennsylvania, Republican, $8,500
159. Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma, Republican, $8,311
160. Bradley Byrne, Alabama, Republican, $8,237
161. Ann Wagner, Missouri, Republican, $8,187
162. Gregg Harper, Mississippi, Republican, $8,150
163. Paul Cook, California, Republican, $8,000
164. Lynn Jenkins, Kansas, Republican, $8,000
165. Tom Marino, Pennsylvania, Republican, $8,000
166. Luke Messner, Indiana, Republican, $8,000
167. Chris Stewart, Utah, Republican, $8,000
168. Tom Garett, Virginia, Republican, $7,620
169. Jason Lewis, Minnesota, Republican, $7,619
170. Jim Cooper, Tennessee, Republican, $7,150
171. Elise Stefanik, New York, Republican, $7,000
172. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina, Republican, $7,000
173. Todd Rokita, Indiana, Republican, $7,000
174. Biran Wenstrup, Ohio, Republican, $7,000
175. Ron Estes, Kansas, Republican, $6,979
176. Austin Scott, Georgia, Republican, $6,868
177. Jason Smith, Missouri, Republican, $6,500
178. Roger Williams, Texas, Republican, $6,500
179. John Bergman, Michigan, Republican, $6,450
180. Tom Rice, South Carolina, Republican, $6,000
181. Martha Roby, Alabama, Republican, $6,000
182. Garret Graves, Louisiana, Republican, $5,900
183. Dave Trott, Michigan, Republican, $5,435
184. Scott Taylor, Virginia, Republican, $5,290
185. Neal Dunn, Florida, Republican, $5,199
186. Ron DeSantis, Florida, Republican, $5,000
187. Barry Loudermilk, Georgia, Republican, $5,000
188. Thomas MacArthur, New Jersey, Republican, $4,928
189. Trey Hollingsworth, Indiana, Republican $4,865
190. John Lee Ratcliffe, Texas, Republican, $4,500
191. Mark Meadows, North Carolina, Republican, $4,0150
192. Steven Palazzo, Mississippi, Republican, $4,049
193. Ted Budd, North Carolina, Republican, $4,000
194. Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin Republican, $4,000
195. Dan Newhouse, Washington, Republican $4,000
196. Steven Russell, Oklahoma, Republican, $4,000
197. Mimi Walters, California, Republican, $4,000
198. Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania, Republican, $3,915
199. Ben Lujan, New Mexico, Democrat, $3,500
200. Rober Marshall, Kansas, Republican, $3,500
201. Buddy Carter, Georgia, Republican, $3,253
202. Bob Gibbs, Ohio, Republican, $3,198
203. Tom Emmer, Minnesota, Republican, $3,000
204. Drew Ferguson, Georgia, Republican, $3,000
205. David Kustoff, Tennessee, Republican, $3,000
206. Paul Mitchell, Michigan, Republican, $3,000
207. Mark Walker, North Carolina, Republican, $3,000
208. Scott Desjarlais, Tennessee, Republican, $2,973
209. David Rouzer, North Carolina, Republican, $2,427
210. Susan Brooks, Indiana, Republican, $2,326
211. Vicky Harzler, Missouri, Republican, $2,160
212. Jodey Arrington, Texas, Republican, $2,000
213. Jim Banks, Indiana, Republican, $2,000
214. Andy Biggs, Arizona, Republican, $2,000
215. Warren Davidson, Ohio, Republican, $2,000
216. Trent Kelly, Mississippi, Republican, $2,000
217. Iliana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida, Republican, $2,000
218. Randy Weber, Texas, Republican, $2,000
219. Robb Woodall, Georgia, Republican, $2,000
220. Fran LoBiondo, New Jersey, Republican $1,536
221. David McKinley, West Virginia, Republican, $1,388
222. Gary Palmer, Alabama, Republican, $1,317
223. Jody Hice, Georgia, Republican, $1,005
224. Justin Amash, Michigan, Republican, $1,000
225. LIz Cheney, Wyoming, Republican, $1,000
226. John Curtis, Utah, Republican, $1,000
227. Matt Gaetz, Florida, Republican, $1000
228. Leonard Lance, New Jersey, Republican, $1,000
229. Peter Welch, Vermont, Democrat, $1,000
230. Ted Yoho, Florida, Republican $1,000
231. Stephen Lynch, Maryland, Democrat, $992
232. Mo Brooks, Alabama, Republican, $555
233. Richard Allen, Georgia, Republican, $296
234. Alma Adams, North Carolina, Democrat, $247
