Here are the top 20 lifetime recipients of cash from the NRA (1998 to 2016) serving in Congress. While many of them offered “prayers” for the victims of gun violence, they refuse to pass the gun-control laws that might have saved their lives instead. Below you’ll see how much each congressman thinks those lives are worth.
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt (R)
$60,550
(202) 224-5721
Alaska Rep. Don Young (R)
$55,650
(202) 225-5765
Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot (R)
$54,100
(202) 225-2216
Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R)
$52,250
(202) 225-5431
Texas Rep. Pete Sessions (R)
$51,650
(202) 225-2231
South Dakota Sen. John Thune (R)
$44,155
(202) 224-2321
Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson (R)
$43,750
(202) 225-5531
Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt (R)
$43,749
(202) 225-4876
Kentucky Rep. Hal Rogers (R)
$41,400
(202) 225-4601
Minnesota Rep. John Kline (R)
$40,750
(202) 225-2271
Georgia Rep. Sanford Bishop (D)
$40,650
(202) 225-3631
California Rep.Ken Calvert (R)
$40,550
(202) 225-1986
Oregon Rep. Greg Walden (R)
$37,250
(202) 225-6730
Missouri Rep. Sam Graves (R)
$37,100
(202) 225-7041
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (R)
$36,800
(202) 225-3031
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr (R)
$35,700
(202) 224-3154
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R)
$35,250
(202) 224-4623
Kentucky Rep. Ed Whitfield (R)
$34,850
(202) 225-3115
Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Murphy (R)
$33,500
(202) 225-2301
Texas Rep. Joe Barton (R)
$31,500
(202) 225-2002
