Biggest D.C. Lobby Going Broke....Yup, it's the NRA

[WaitingFor2020]

LMAO!
How did THIS happen?
Righties support the NRA, they just forgot to send in their dues!

NRA faces financial crisis, claims it might be 'unable to exist'
NRA says it faces financial crisis, claims it might be 'unable to exist' in future: lawsuit
1 day ago - WASHINGTON—The National Rifle Association claims it's facing deep financial problems and it might go broke in a lawsuit that blames its ...
The NRA Says It's in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be 'Unable to Exist ...
The NRA Says It’s in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be ‘Unable to Exist’ – Rolling Stone
1 day ago - The reason, according to the NRA filing, is not its deep entanglement with ... In the filing, the NRA reveals that its longtime insurerbroke off ...
Is the NRA going bankrupt? Group Claims it Will Soon be 'Unable to ...
https://www.newsweek.com/nra-going-bankrupt-group-claim-it-will-soon-be-unable-e...
12 hours ago - The National Rifle Association (NRA) said it is facing financial ruin because of a “blacklisting” campaign headed by New York Governor Andrew ...
NRA Says It Could Soon Go Broke in New Court Filing – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/.../nra-financial-trouble-cuomo-new-york/
1 day ago - NRA Says It Could Soon Go Broke in New Court Filing. The gun group argues it may be “unable to exist” because of pressure from New York ...
The NRA plays the victim, claims it's nearly broke – ThinkProgress
The NRA plays the victim, claims it’s nearly broke...
8 hours ago - The NRA plays the victim, claims it's nearly broke ... This is not to say the NRA isn't going through a period of financial instability. Due to the ...
Deep-pocketed NRA has gone BROKE and 'may soon be unable to ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Deep-pocketed-NRA-gone-BROKE-soon-unable-exist-court-do...
1 day ago - NRA has gone BROKE and 'may soon be unable to exist', court documents claim. The new filings are part of an ongoing lawsuit against the ...

 

[bodecea]

thoughts & prayers

 

[WaitingFor2020]

Whine, whine, whine....blame it on New York.
Not California?
BAhahahahahahahahaha!

"""The NRA claims in its lawsuit that it has lost its insurance coverage, something it claims its carrier wouldn't renew for "any price." New York, the NRA says, has interfered with its business by coercing "insurance agencies, insurers, and banks into terminating business relationships with the NRA that were necessary to the survival of the NRA."

 

[WaitingFor2020]

thoughts & prayers

LMAO! High 5!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

This is yet another example of why liberals need to go back to school and learn how to read. The state of New York is being sued by the NRA, dumbass!

 

[Marion Morrison]

LMAO!
How did THIS happen?
Righties support the NRA, they just forgot to send in their dues!

NRA faces financial crisis, claims it might be 'unable to exist'
NRA says it faces financial crisis, claims it might be 'unable to exist' in future: lawsuit
1 day ago - WASHINGTON—The National Rifle Association claims it's facing deep financial problems and it might go broke in a lawsuit that blames its ...
The NRA Says It's in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be 'Unable to Exist ...
The NRA Says It’s in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be ‘Unable to Exist’ – Rolling Stone
1 day ago - The reason, according to the NRA filing, is not its deep entanglement with ... In the filing, the NRA reveals that its longtime insurerbroke off ...
Is the NRA going bankrupt? Group Claims it Will Soon be 'Unable to ...
https://www.newsweek.com/nra-going-bankrupt-group-claim-it-will-soon-be-unable-e...
12 hours ago - The National Rifle Association (NRA) said it is facing financial ruin because of a “blacklisting” campaign headed by New York Governor Andrew ...
NRA Says It Could Soon Go Broke in New Court Filing – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/.../nra-financial-trouble-cuomo-new-york/
1 day ago - NRA Says It Could Soon Go Broke in New Court Filing. The gun group argues it may be “unable to exist” because of pressure from New York ...
The NRA plays the victim, claims it's nearly broke – ThinkProgress
The NRA plays the victim, claims it’s nearly broke...
8 hours ago - The NRA plays the victim, claims it's nearly broke ... This is not to say the NRA isn't going through a period of financial instability. Due to the ...
Deep-pocketed NRA has gone BROKE and 'may soon be unable to ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Deep-pocketed-NRA-gone-BROKE-soon-unable-exist-court-do...
1 day ago - NRA has gone BROKE and 'may soon be unable to exist', court documents claim. The new filings are part of an ongoing lawsuit against the ...

I don't care, I got away from them in the 90s for a valid reason I don't remember what was.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

I guess Fox Noise isn't reporting this. Lemme' check.

Fox 23 in Oklahoma....The ONLY Fox channel reporting the baaaaaad news..


NRA says it faces financial crisis, claims it might be 'unable to exist' in future: lawsuit

Guess Fox Noise central doesn't like reporting bad news to their sheep.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

This is yet another example of why liberals need to go back to school and learn how to read. The state of New York is being sued by the NRA, dumbass!

And....?
They still don't have any money, moron.

""If the NRA is unable to collect donations from its members, safeguard the assets
endowed to it, apply its funds to cover media buys and other expenses integral to its political speech, and obtain basic corporate insurance coverage, it will be unable to exist as a not-for-profit or pursue its advocacy mission," the lawsuit states. """"

 

[Marion Morrison]

How is the NRA bigger than Big Pharma or Insurance lobbyists? I call Shenanigans.

Biggest lobbyist? Not even close. OP is a faggot.

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Fifty companies and industry groups shelled out more than $716 million to lobby the federal government and Congress last year, according to data provided to The Hill by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The eye-popping total represents nearly a quarter of all federal lobbying dollars in 2016 and a slight increase over 2015, when the 50 biggest spenders doled out $715 million.

The five biggest spenders in lobbying last year, in descending order, were the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Realtors, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the American Hospital Association and the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America.
Rounding out the top 10 were the American Medical Association, Boeing, the National Association of Broadcasters, AT&T and Business Roundtable.

Influencing the government has become a multibillion-dollar business, with companies and trade associations hiring lobbyists and attorneys to push their agenda and shape policymaking.

Anger at lobbyists and special interests was a focal point of the presidential campaign, most famously expressed in President Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington.

Trump has signed an executive order seeking to slow down the “revolving door” between administration jobs and the private sector, but few expect the deluge of lobbying to slow down under the new administration.

“Everyone across the board believe there’s going to be lots of activity in Washington,” Marc Lampkin, the managing partner of the Washington office at law and lobby firm Brownstein Hyatt -Farber Schreck, told The Hill last month.

“Corporate America has been seeking relief from the overreach of the Obama administration, so there will be activity on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue,” added Lampkin, a former aide to former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

Some of the companies and groups that boosted their lobbying spending last year did so in response to major legislative and regulatory fights.

Dow Chemical, which is seeking to merge with DuPont, boosted its advocacy spending by 26 percent, to $13.6 million.

Other companies that increased their spending included Prudential Financial, which paid lobbyists $9.4 million in 2016, an 18 percent increase over 2015; AbbVie which spent 39 percent more on lobbying; and T-Mobile, which spent $8,089,900, an increase of 32 percent.

Amazon significantly expanded its footprint in Washington last year. The company spent $11.4 million on advocacy, a 20 percent increase.

Some of the increases in advocacy spending were driven by the 2016 election.

The two groups that spent the most, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Realtors, included all political spending in their lobbying reports, which includes things like campaign advertising. Most entities do not report election activities in their total.

The Chamber’s spending totaled close to $104 million, while the Realtors spent almost $65 million.

Other companies and business groups dialed back their lobbying spending last year, in part due to the lack of legislative activity on Capitol Hill.

The National Association of Manufacturers spent $16.9 million on lobbying in 2015 as it pushed for passage of a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal negotiated by the Obama administration. With that push stalled last year, the group trimmed its lobbying spending to $8.5 million, a nearly 50 percent drop.

One industry expert told The Hill that corporations are cutting back on the amount of dues they’re paying to large trade groups and trade associations, choosing instead to target their spending.

Many companies refused to comment about their advocacy on the record.

Year-to-year comparisons between the 50 largest lobbying spenders are imprecise, because different companies and groups come off and on the list each year.

Twenty-nine of the organizations on the top 50 spenders list for 2015 cut back their lobbying budgets in 2016, while seven companies and trade associations fell off the roster entirely.

The American Petroleum Institute, Qualcomm, America’s Health Insurance Plans and George Soros’s Open Society Policy Center all slashed spending on advocacy in 2016. The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which scored a win on a GMO labeling law midway through 2016, reduced its advocacy 44 percent from the year before, spending $4.7 million.

But the biggest drops on the list came from CVS Health and General Electric.

CVS’s lobbying total plummeted 60 percent, to $6 million, in part because of how the company reported its figures. Last year, CVS only included federal lobbying in its advocacy total. The year prior, the company had included both state and federal lobbying in the total, according to a company spokeswoman.

GE, which was the sixth-biggest lobbying spender during 2015, plunged to No. 53 in 2016.

Meanwhile, AARP, Bayer, T-Mobile, American Airlines, Chevron, AbbVie and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers jumped onto the list — with AbbVie, which ranked 88th in spending in 2015, hitting the No. 50 spot last year. T-Mobile climbed to No. 42 from No. 66 in 2015.



— This post was updated at 10 a.m.



Top 50 Lobbying Spenders of 2016

Client 2016 Spending 2015 Spending 2015 Rank
U.S. Chamber of Commerce $103,950,000 $84,730,000 1
National Association of Realtors $64,821,111 $37,788,407 2
Blue Cross Blue Shield $25,006,109 $23,702,049 3
American Hospital Association $20,970,809 $20,687,935 7
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America $19,730,000 $18,920,000 9
American Medical Association $19,410,000 $21,930,000 4
Boeing $17,020,000 $21,921,000 5
National Association of Broadcasters $16,438,000 $17,400,000 10
AT&T $16,370,000 $16,370,000 13
Business Roundtable $15,700,000 $19,250,000 8
Alphabet $15,430,000 $16,660,000 12
Comcast $14,330,000 $15,680,000 14
Southern Co. $13,900,000 $12,860,000 18
Dow Chemical $13,635,982 $10,820,000 26
Lockheed Martin $13,615,811 $13,954,053 17
NCTA - The Internet and Telephone Assoc. $13,420,000 $14,120,000 16
FedEx $12,541,000 $12,405,835 20
Northrop Grumman $12,050,000 $11,020,000 24
Exxon Mobil $11,840,000 $11,980,000 21
Amazon $11,354,000 $9,435,000 34
CTIA $10,970,000 $10,150,000 29
General Dynamics $10,739,944 $10,259,890 28
Verizon Communications $10,080,000 $11,430,000 23
Altria Group $10,060,000 $9,630,000 32
Amgen $9,860,000 $10,525,000 27
Koch Industries $9,840,000 $10,830,000 25
American Bankers Association $9,831,000 $12,690,000 19
Pfizer $9,750,000 $9,417,650 35
Prudential Financial $9,400,000 $7,962,500 47
Biotechnology Innovation Organization $9,230,000 $8,350,000 42
United Technologies $9,165,000 $11,470,000 22
American Chemistry Council $9,020,000 $10,050,000 30
Royal Dutch Shell $8,990,000 $8,700,000 37
AARP $8,710,000 $7,559,000 54
Microsoft $8,710,000 $8,490,000 39
Facebook $8,692,000 $9,850,000 31
Edison Electric Institute $8,620,000 $8,350,000 42
Oracle $8,620,000 $8,470,000 40
General Motors $8,500,000 $9,120,000 36
National Association of Manufacturers $8,490,014 $16,950,000 11
National Amusements (CBS & Viacom) $8,441,000 $7,980,000 46
T-Mobile $8,089,900 $6,127,000 66
Bayer $7,990,000 $7,730,000 51
Coca-Cola $7,930,000 $8,670,000 38
American Airlines $7,870,000 $6,600,000 61
United Parcel Service $7,767,848 $8,155,856 45
Chevron $7,470,000 $7,200,000 56
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers $7,452,500 $7,640,000 53
Securities Industry & Financial Market Assoc. $7,400,000 $7,770,000 50
AbbVie $7,260,000 $5,220,000 88"

Where is the NRA listed there? Oh! It's not.


Lobbying’s top 50: Who’s spending big

 

[fncceo]

Top Spenders

Lobbying Client Total
US Chamber of Commerce $1,455,025,680
National Assn of Realtors $497,969,707
American Medical Assn $384,017,500
American Hospital Assn $359,882,837
General Electric $356,452,000
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America $352,102,800
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $335,772,616
AARP $278,741,064
Business Roundtable $272,280,000
Boeing Co $267,223,310
Northrop Grumman $264,302,213
Exxon Mobil $249,462,742
Lockheed Martin $248,544,779
AT&T Inc $243,266,644
Verizon Communications $239,617,043
National Assn of Broadcasters $222,548,000
Edison Electric Institute $220,946,490
Southern Co $217,270,694
Altria Group $192,425,200
Comcast Corp $190,244,323

Lobbying Spending Database | OpenSecrets

Not even in the top 20.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

How is the NRA bigger than Big Pharma or Insurance lobbyists? I call Shenanigans.

I report. You decide.

NRA's big spending pays off with clout and wins in Washington
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/.../02/.../nras-big...washington/341257002/
Feb 15, 2018 - The powerful gun lobbying group spent a record amount on politics last year, and it's paying off.

5 charts that show how powerful the NRA is - Business Insider
5 charts that show how powerful the NRA is
Feb 20, 2018 - Many gun control advocates blame the NRA's aggressivelobbying ... the NRA spends nearly 10 times as much as the biggest gun control ...
Missing: washington ‎| ‎Must include: ‎washington
Is it true that National Rifle Association is the most powerful ...
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-National-Rifle-Association-is-the-most-powerful...
Mar 7, 2015 - The Chamber of Commerce is the biggest lobbyist by a huge margin. ... The NRA wields a lot of power -- though not nearly so much as the agriculture .... services and HMOs, have spent $5.36 billion since 1998 on lobbying in Washington.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

I'll be glad to see them go.
Dana Loesch the Douche out looking for a new job.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Top Spenders

Lobbying Client Total
US Chamber of Commerce $1,455,025,680
National Assn of Realtors $497,969,707
American Medical Assn $384,017,500
American Hospital Assn $359,882,837
General Electric $356,452,000
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America $352,102,800
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $335,772,616
AARP $278,741,064
Business Roundtable $272,280,000
Boeing Co $267,223,310
Northrop Grumman $264,302,213
Exxon Mobil $249,462,742
Lockheed Martin $248,544,779
AT&T Inc $243,266,644
Verizon Communications $239,617,043
National Assn of Broadcasters $222,548,000
Edison Electric Institute $220,946,490
Southern Co $217,270,694
Altria Group $192,425,200
Comcast Corp $190,244,323

Lobbying Spending Database | OpenSecrets

Not even in the top 20.

Not even in the top 50.

OP is an idiot.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

David Hogg, high school shooting survivor and anti-NRA activist, revels in the news:


David Hogg
✔@davidhogg111

“The NRA admitted in a recent court filing that it’s hurting financially thanks to activism by the teenage survivors of the Parkland school massacre”
Clearly the young people are winning.
#USAoverNRA #RoadToChange https://shareblue.com/nra-tv-parkland-activists-shut-down/ …

 

[Marion Morrison]

I'll be glad to see them go.
Dana Loesch the Douche out looking for a new job.

I bet they're not going anywhere, neither is the 2nd amendment, or politicians that have plans to infringe on it.

November will not be a happy time for OP.

Guess what? America is full of Americans.

Not a bunch of deluded leftists.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

Top Spenders

Lobbying Client Total
US Chamber of Commerce $1,455,025,680
National Assn of Realtors $497,969,707
American Medical Assn $384,017,500
American Hospital Assn $359,882,837
General Electric $356,452,000
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America $352,102,800
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $335,772,616
AARP $278,741,064
Business Roundtable $272,280,000
Boeing Co $267,223,310
Northrop Grumman $264,302,213
Exxon Mobil $249,462,742
Lockheed Martin $248,544,779
AT&T Inc $243,266,644
Verizon Communications $239,617,043
National Assn of Broadcasters $222,548,000
Edison Electric Institute $220,946,490
Southern Co $217,270,694
Altria Group $192,425,200
Comcast Corp $190,244,323

Lobbying Spending Database | OpenSecrets

Not even in the top 20.

Not even in the top 50.

OP is an idiot.

They're still going broke, homey.
LOL!

 

[fncceo]

Top Spenders

Lobbying Client Total
US Chamber of Commerce $1,455,025,680
National Assn of Realtors $497,969,707
American Medical Assn $384,017,500
American Hospital Assn $359,882,837
General Electric $356,452,000
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America $352,102,800
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $335,772,616
AARP $278,741,064
Business Roundtable $272,280,000
Boeing Co $267,223,310
Northrop Grumman $264,302,213
Exxon Mobil $249,462,742
Lockheed Martin $248,544,779
AT&T Inc $243,266,644
Verizon Communications $239,617,043
National Assn of Broadcasters $222,548,000
Edison Electric Institute $220,946,490
Southern Co $217,270,694
Altria Group $192,425,200
Comcast Corp $190,244,323

Lobbying Spending Database | OpenSecrets

Not even in the top 20.

Not even in the top 50.

OP is an idiot.

They're still going broke, homey.
LOL!

Hold your breath.... any day now.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

I'll be glad to see them go.
Dana Loesch the Douche out looking for a new job.

I bet they're not going anywhere, neither is the 2nd amendment, or politicians that have plans to infringe on it.

Melt away, little snowflake.
Your Big Brother is going bankrupt.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

Continue on with your Trump Delusional Syndrome.
Don't bother to read up on it yourselves.
Just sit and spin in your denial.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Continue on with your Trump Delusional Syndrome.
Don't bother to read up on it yourselves.
Just sit and spin in your denial.

So you want Pence, amirite?