Selling Out
Posted on the 02 May 2013 by Jobsanger
This should surprise no one. The 45 senators that voted against closing the loopholes in the background check system for people trying to buy guns (thus killing that legislation) all received money from the gun lobby (NRA, Gun Owners of America, National Association of Gun Rights). They got a total of $7,815,894 -- or an average of $173,686.53 for each senator. Personally, I think they sold out cheap. That's only about a year's salary for those senators.
(Graphic is from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the information is from OpenSecrets.org.)