Michael Bloomberg group’s gun-control scorecard will give lawmakers letter grades
Michael Bloomberg groups gun-control scorecard will give lawmakers letter grades
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, one of the nations most committed and deep-pocketed gun-control proponents, is ratcheting up pressure on lawmakers by launching a new system to grade them based on their votes and statements on gun issues.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the nonprofit group financed by Bloomberg (I), will unveil a scoring system Tuesday to award lawmakers grades of A through F, much like the National Rifle Association, which has derived much of its power by deploying letter rankings against politicians at election time. The groups strategists briefed The Washington Post on the plans ahead of Tuesdays announcement.
For decades, the NRA has done an admirable job of tracking to minute detail how members of Congress stand on gun bills. Weve simply decided to do the same, said Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which is chaired by Bloomberg and is made up of more than 900 mayors from across the country.
This is Bloombergs latest move to establish his organization as a counterweight to the influential NRA and to create legislative momentum on Capitol Hill around President Obamas proposals to toughen the nations gun laws.
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