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NRA test of clout in major crime bill battle
Texas Senator Gramm and Governor Dukakis represent the NRA’s strategic stakes in a Senate fight over a nine-category semiautomatic weapon ban. The group’s PAC, with over 631 thousand dollars on hand and 1.2 million raised in 15 months, funds endorsements and independent ads while Dukakis faced an NRA onslaught of radio spots and mail appeals.
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