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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrophy 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
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Iggo
(47,547 posts)1. I read that as "The Super Adventure Club."
shenmue
(38,506 posts)2. Lots of horrible douchebags
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)3. Scum of the Earth.
Can't post what I want to say.
eppur_se_muova
(36,257 posts)4. No surprise Cheney's into that sort of thing ...
moondust
(19,972 posts)5. Moral midgets.