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chalmers

(288 posts)
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:03 PM Jul 2015

Trophy hunting lobbying group Safari Club Int. has bought off a few US Senators

Cheney spoke at their 2013 conference, Mitch McConnell is in their pocket as is Huckabee. Certainly this is how they have kept lions off the endangered species list. These sick people actually claim to be saving lions.





http://www.fightingforlions.org/

http://www.scifirstforhunters.org/

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000757

The Safari Club International is a conservative-leaning political action committee that has generally raised funds in support of Republicans running for political office.

CONTRIBUTIONS
$694,640

Contributions to candidates: $451,061
Contributions to Leadership PACs: $0
Contributions to parties: $0
Contributions to 527 committees: $0
Contributions to outside spending groups: $243,579

Top Recipients
Recipient Total From Indivs From Orgs
Hunter Defense Fund $243,579 $974 $242,605
Cassidy, Bill $10,000 $0 $10,000
Daines, Steven $9,998 $0 $9,998
Alexander, Lamar $8,000 $0 $8,000
McConnell, Mitch $8,000 $0 $8,000
Calvert, Ken $7,000 $0 $7,000
Gardner, Cory $7,000 $0 $7,000
Ayotte, Kelly $6,500 $0 $6,500
Cochran, Thad $6,500 $0 $6,500
Pearce, Steve


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Trophy hunting lobbying group Safari Club Int. has bought off a few US Senators (Original Post) chalmers Jul 2015 OP
I read that as "The Super Adventure Club." Iggo Jul 2015 #1
Lots of horrible douchebags shenmue Jul 2015 #2
Scum of the Earth. Arugula Latte Jul 2015 #3
No surprise Cheney's into that sort of thing ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 #4
Moral midgets. moondust Jul 2015 #5
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