Texas Republican Ted Cruz, who claims gun control measures don't 'prevent crime,' has hauled in more cash from gun groups than any other politician in the last ten years.
by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in 2019, sixteen sitting GOP senators have accepted at least a million dollars in donations from the NRA over the course of their careers. Among them: Senate Minority LeaderMitt Romney
received the most, according to Brady, with $13,647,676 as of 2019 — nearly double that of the next senator on the list,Wednesday, that eye-popping haul came during his 2012 presidential campaign to unseat; Romney has not appeared to receive any NRA money for his 2018 Senate campaign or his 2024 reelection campaign. “No one owns Sen.
said Thursday that he will hold a vote on gun control legislation next month when lawmakers return from their Memorial Day recess. Democrats would need ten GOP votes to get something done, and Romney in the wake of Uvalde left the door open to being one of them: “I offer prayer and condolence but know that it is grossly inadequate,” he, who issued an impassioned plea for his colleagues to do something Tuesday after the shooting, is leading the effort to find those bipartisan answers.
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