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It's amazing. The NRA is one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the USA. (http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/1999/11/FORTUNE_Releases

by aestra 13y ago

It's amazing. The NRA is one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the USA. (http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/1999/11/FORTUNE_Releases_Annual_Survey_Most_Powerful_Lobbying_11-15-1999.php http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/1999/11/FO...)

sp332 13y ago
That link is from 1999. Also according to https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082 they are the 174th largest lobbying group.
- aestra 13y ago
  I'm not talking about largest at all, that's not important at all. They surveyed lawmakers and congressional staffers and asked them which lobbying group is most INFLUENTIAL. That's what the data is about. Size doesn't matter, influence does. I looked for later data, but it looked like Fortune stopped doing the survey in 2001 and in 2001 the NRA was #1. http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_specialinterestgroups_fortune.htm http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_specialinterestgroups_f... Straight from the horse's mouth: "NRA ranks no. 1 in this year`s "Power 25", Fortune magazine`s listing of the most influential lobbying groups. Compiled by Fortune`s senior writer and Washington bureau chief Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, the "Power 25" is based on responses to a survey sent to over 2,900 people, including every member of Congress, senior Capitol Hill staffers, senior White House aides, professional lobbyists, and top-ranking officers of the largest lobbying groups in Washington." http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/in-the-news/2001/5/nra-ranked-1-on-ifortunei-power-25.aspx?s=%22Fortune+Magazine%22&st=&ps= http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/in-the-news/2001/5/nra-ran...
  - sp332 13y ago
    Oinksoft's comment that you replied to was making a point about money. It seemed like you were agreeing that the NRA bought influence.

by aestra 13y ago

sp332 13y ago

That link is from 1999. Also according to https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082 they are the 174th largest lobbying group.

aestra 13y ago
I'm not talking about largest at all, that's not important at all. They surveyed lawmakers and congressional staffers and asked them which lobbying group is most INFLUENTIAL. That's what the data is about. Size doesn't matter, influence does. I looked for later data, but it looked like Fortune stopped doing the survey in 2001 and in 2001 the NRA was #1. http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_specialinterestgroups_fortune.htm http://www.congresslink.org/print_lp_specialinterestgroups_f... Straight from the horse's mouth: "NRA ranks no. 1 in this year`s "Power 25", Fortune magazine`s listing of the most influential lobbying groups. Compiled by Fortune`s senior writer and Washington bureau chief Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, the "Power 25" is based on responses to a survey sent to over 2,900 people, including every member of Congress, senior Capitol Hill staffers, senior White House aides, professional lobbyists, and top-ranking officers of the largest lobbying groups in Washington." http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/in-the-news/2001/5/nra-ranked-1-on-ifortunei-power-25.aspx?s=%22Fortune+Magazine%22&st=&ps= http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/in-the-news/2001/5/nra-ran...
- sp332 13y ago
  Oinksoft's comment that you replied to was making a point about money. It seemed like you were agreeing that the NRA bought influence.