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Ideological & Single-Issue · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition

National Shooting Sports Foundation

The National Shooting Sports Foundation's PAC gave $1.8M to 260 current members of Congress from 2021 to ⁠2026. 99% went to Republicans. The typical member got between $3.5K and $10K; Bruce Westerman got the most, $27.5K.

Given to current members
$1.8M
Members funded
260
From its employees
$250
Spent lobbying
$36.1M

Who it reached

Every seat in Congress. The members National Shooting Sports Foundation gave to, 2021–⁠2026, are in their party's color; everyone else is gray. Hover or tap a seat for the amount.

House

213of 439 membersDemocrats 2 of 217Republicans 210 of 221

Independents, in the middle: 1 of 1.

Senate

47of 100 senatorsDemocrats 0 of 45Republicans 47 of 53

Independents, in the middle: 0 of 2.

Which party got the money

Contributions split by the recipient's party, overall and in each chamber.

  • Democrats
  • Independents
  • Republicans
All recipientsHouseSenate1% Democrats1% DemocratsRepublicans 99%Republicans 99%Republicans 100%

How much each member got

Number of members of Congress by the total National Shooting Sports Foundation gave them, 2021–⁠2026. PACs can give a candidate $5,000 per election, so totals cluster at round numbers.

REPUBLICANS257 members · median $5.5K$0$5K$10K$15K$20K$25K$30Kmedian11586142173684773111

Not shown: 3 members from parties with fewer than 5 recipients: Jared F. Golden (D), $15K; Kevin Kiley (I), $4.5K; Henry Cuellar (D), $1K.

Top recipients

The members National Shooting Sports Foundation gave the most.

RankMemberGiven
1RBruce WestermanHouse, AR
$27,500
2RBen ClineHouse, VA
$25,000
3RMichael K. SimpsonHouse, ID
$23,500
4RTom EmmerHouse, MN
$21,000
5RElise M. StefanikHouse, NY
$20,000
6RJason SmithHouse, MO
$20,000
7RRichard HudsonHouse, NC
$19,500
8RJim BanksSenate, IN
$19,500
9RBlake D. MooreHouse, UT
$18,633
10RTom ColeHouse, OK
$18,500
11RJim JordanHouse, OH
$18,500
12RDan NewhouseHouse, WA
$18,451
13RAndy BarrHouse, KY
$18,000
14RJake EllzeyHouse, TX
$17,736
15RHarold RogersHouse, KY
$17,000

Its PAC

National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. Political Action Committee (NSSF PAC)
PAC · C00480863
$1.8M

Gifts to super PACs

Donations of $50,000 or more to groups that spent on current members.

Protect Liberty PAC$53.2K

What it lobbies on

Spent $36,110,000 on federal lobbying (2021: $5M, 2022: $4.9M, 2023: $5.5M, 2024: $7M, 2025: $7M, 2026: $6.8M).

Firearms

  • Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
  • Environment/Superfund
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
  • Telecommunications
  • Foreign Relations
  • Energy/Nuclear

From lobbying disclosures filed for National Shooting Sports Foundation.

Donations from its employees

Itemized donations from people who listed National Shooting Sports Foundation as their employer, to current members' campaigns, 2021–⁠2026. These are personal donations, separate from the PAC.

RankMemberDonated
1DMartin HeinrichSenate, NM
$250