National Rifle Association - Obama Presidency Oral History Back National Rifle Association Index / Organizations Transcripts Cody Keenan ...background checks, seventy percent of NRA [National Rifle Association... ...checks, seventy percent of NRA [ National Rifle Association ] households. Why can't you ge... ...and learned the wrong lessons about the NRA , whereas this stuff is popular. I... ...here,” and then he laid out that the NRA spends millions of dollars buying thes... Jim Messina ...Baucus, who was the best friend of the NRA [National Rifle Association] of th... ...who was the best friend of the NRA [ National Rifle Association ] of the Democrats in the Senate, t... Sylvia Burwell ...it led to single-issue voters. The NRA [National Rifle Association] would sen... ...led to single-issue voters. The NRA [ National Rifle Association ] would send you a letter, or Planne... Ellen Weintraub ...the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. The NRA [National Rifle Association] wa... ...Campaign Reform Act. The NRA [ National Rifle Association ] was actually the first one to get i... ...courthouse door, so it should have been NRA v. FEC, but Senator McConnell, wh... ...but the story is that he muscled the NRA out of the way, and he wanted his nam... ...for example, the Sierra Club or the NRA is supporting a particular candidate... ...was funneling money through the NRA into our politics. My colleagues sai... Show more... Kylon Middleton ...who are adamant members of the NRA [National Rifle Association], and thes... ...who are adamant members of the NRA [ National Rifle Association ], and these people who are adaman... Vivek Murthy ...at risk because they're scared of the NRA [National Rifle Association], an... ...because they're scared of the NRA [ National Rifle Association ], and asserted that guns are a publi... Bess Evans ...wouldn't do it. And the power of the NRA [National Rifle Association] lobby wa... ...do it. And the power of the NRA [ National Rifle Association ] lobby was so robust in impacting ... ...to act. We should be able to force the NRA to make different choices. We have ... Marilynne Robinson ...overtaken by this kind of a fear. The NRA [National Rifle Association of America... ...by this kind of a fear. The NRA [ National Rifle Association of America] is hugely responsible fo... Valerie Jarrett ...resources they were receiving from the National Rifle Association [NRA] to hold the line under the theor... ...from the National Rifle Association [ NRA ] to hold the line under the theor... ...but we get all this money from the NRA .” They were brutally honest abou... ...honest about it. Yeah, it is an NRA thing, for sure. It was totally th... ...thing, for sure. It was totally the NRA , totally the NRA. And then when... ...It was totally the NRA, totally the NRA . And then when, actually Presiden... ...us about what made sense, including the NRA . And the NRA wouldn't show up. Neithe... ...made sense, including the NRA. And the NRA wouldn't show up. Neither would the gu... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Russia Russia go to the Education Education