despite it all, the national rifle association isn t budging on gun safety measures and continues to pump money into political campaigns. i want to take a look at the data from a watch dog group, the nonpartisan independent non-profit center for responsive politics that tallies how much support members of congress get from the nra. the nra has spent more than $7.7 million on arizona senator john mccain throughout his career. that s more than on any other legislator. that money includes campaign funding and attack ads on opponents. a lot of this has to do with the amount of time john mccain has been in office. people who have been in for a long time tend to have gotten more money from the nra. the next closest are richard burr, just shy of $7 million. missouri senator roy blunt at $4.5 million. and north carolina s other senator thom tillis has received $4.4 million. colorado s cory gardner has pulled in $3.8 million.