All in all, Volsky found that in 2012 the NRA spent $19.7 million on candidates who tweeted thoughts and prayers after the San Bernadino shooting. According to OpenSecrets, a site that tracks money in politics, the NRA spent $984,152 on campaign contributions during the 2014 election cycle. It also spent more than $3 million on lobbying in both 2013 and 2014. The NRA also spent $28,212,718 on outside political contributions during this period, which includes ads paid for directly by the NRA. That makes it the tenth biggest spender when it comes to such political spending.
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“The issue is not so much how much the NRA gives any senator or member of the House, it’s how they can make their lives miserable.” Among the 46 senators who voted to prevent any expansion of background checks, 43 have received help—either direct campaign contributions or independent expenditures—from pro-gun interests since 2000; in aggregate about $8.5 million.
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The NRA itself spent $700,000 lobbying the federal government during the first quarter, federal records show. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's chief executive, was among 12 in-house NRA officials to lobby during the year's first three months.
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An attendee handles a revolver in the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. booth on the exhibition floor of the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., on Saturday, April 11, 2015.
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Companies, unions and special interest groups that lobby the federal government have until Monday to submit mandatory first quarter lobbying disclosure reports to Congress. The NRA and its affiliate spent nearly $3 million on federal-level lobbying in 2012 — more than it has during any previous year, according to data maintained by the Center for Responsive Politics, but spending during this year's first quarter puts it on pace to exceed that mark.
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“Members of Congress pay attention to these numbers, and they know that in the last election cycle the NRA spent $18.6 million on various campaigns,” says Lee Drutman, who has studied the role of gun money in politics for the Sunlight Foundation.
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The NRA groups' first-quarter lobbying expenditures have been steadily increasing in recent years, but never cracked the $700,000 mark. During the first three months of 2012, they spent $695,000. That follows $675,000 in 2011 and $615,000 in 2010.
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The shooting in San Bernandino has led some to parse out how much money the NRA spends on lobbying and political campaigns.
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Among them: 1  H.R. 751, the Protect America's Schools Act of 2013. 2  H.R. 274, the Mental Health First Act of 2013. 3  H.R. 329, the Strengthening Background Checks Act of 2013. 4  H.R. 575, the Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013. 5  S. 54, the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013. 6  S. 374, the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013.
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August 1, 2013. As gun control debates raged in Congress early this year, the National Rifle Association increased its federal government lobbying expenditures to record levels, new filings with the U.S. Senate indicate.
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how much did nra give to congress
NRA gave Congress $18.6 million.