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...N.R.A. bill ever made it to a Senate vote. Two other N.R.A. supporters, Republican Robert Dole of Kansas and Democrat Sam Nunn of Georgia, were annoyed by the lobby's relentless but ultimately unsuccessful effort to block the confirmation last fall of former Illinois Congressman Abner Mikva, a strong gun-control advocate, as a federal judge...
...Mikva, who survived six years of N.R.A. targeting, is cited as proof that the awesome aura projected by the gun lobby may be illusory when it comes to wielding votes rather than merely Mail-grams. Mikva feels that the best way to defeat what he calls a "paper tiger" is to stand up to it. Congressman Russo agrees: "The N.R.A. is indeed a paper tiger. I was their No. 1 target. Yet I've won by bigger margins every election...
...defeated McGovern ruefully dissents: "Keep in mind that Ab Mikva comes from Chicago. No way is anyone from Montana or South Dakota going to agree that the N.R.A. is a paper tiger...
...money goes to fund candidates who are pro-business. But the trend in corporate giving seems to be one of buying access to legislators. In 1978, corporate PACs gave more than twice as much money to Democratic incumbents as to Republican challengers. Alarmingly large amounts, according to Congressman Abner Mikva (D-Ill.), go to powerful committee chairmen who are in safe districts and don't really need the money. Senator Russell Long (D-La.) has been quoted as saying that "The distinction between a large campaign contribution and a bribe is almost a hairline's difference...
...show, not a boat show. It's a military hardware show where they'll be selling everything from thumbscrews to missiles." At the Hyatt stockholders' meeting last week, Benton delivered an impassioned eight-minute lecture on corporate morality. Senator Charles Percy and Representative Abner J. Mikva have asked the sponsors to cancel the exhibition...