Post by Moses on Mar 7, 2005 17:19:37 GMT -5
Isn't it nice that a foreign country has the biggest influence second only to a front for Arms merchants?
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12069-2005Mar6.html
NRA Gets Credit on Hill
There are scores of interest groups out there, but which, really, gets their way in the halls of Congress?
According to a new poll, it's the National Rifle Association. A National Journal survey of more than 70 members of Congress suggests that the NRA is the "most effective" interest group on Capitol Hill. The organization received nearly twice as many votes -- 25 -- as AARP and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which tied for second place. Each received 13 votes.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business rounded out the lawmakers' top five. There were some differences between how lawmakers from the two parties responded to the poll. Republicans named the NFIB as the most effective group, followed by the NRA and the Chamber of Commerce. Democrats picked the NRA, followed by AARP and AIPAC.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12069-2005Mar6.html
NRA Gets Credit on Hill
There are scores of interest groups out there, but which, really, gets their way in the halls of Congress?
According to a new poll, it's the National Rifle Association. A National Journal survey of more than 70 members of Congress suggests that the NRA is the "most effective" interest group on Capitol Hill. The organization received nearly twice as many votes -- 25 -- as AARP and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which tied for second place. Each received 13 votes.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business rounded out the lawmakers' top five. There were some differences between how lawmakers from the two parties responded to the poll. Republicans named the NFIB as the most effective group, followed by the NRA and the Chamber of Commerce. Democrats picked the NRA, followed by AARP and AIPAC.
