U.S. Reps Altmire, Critz, Murphy, Kelly Accepted Contributions from NRA
Open Secrets has published a list of recipients of National Rifle Association campaign contributions for the 2012 House campaign.
U.S. Reps Tom Murphy (R-Upper St. Clair), Mark Critz (D-Johnstown), Jason Altmire (D-McCandless) and Mike Kelly (R-Butler) of Pennsylvania accepted thousands in 2012 campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The NRA doled out more than $750,000 in campaign contributions in 2012, according to the center, a research organization that tracks money in politics and how it affects elections and policies and shares the information on OpenSecrets.org. The center obtained its data from the Federal Election Commission. Fifteen members of Congress from Pennsylvania accepted contributions from the NRA during their 2012 bids for office, according to the center's list. Three of the top…
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9:30 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Not a fact at all. To vote against these people just because they took money from the NRA is saying you support what the crazed shooter in New Town Ct. did to those kids. Fact is that violent crime has gone down in this country as gun sales have skyrocketed in recent years. Another fact is that the Ct. Democrat legislature and Governor shot downa bill only a few months ago that would made it … more ›