I’ve been using Google’s Chrome web browser since it came out and I am quite fond of the extensions to further customize my internet time. One I’ve been using for a while is from allaregreen.us. The application scans the webpage you’re on and highlights any member of Congress. Democrats get a blue underline and Republicans get a red line. It also works on the presidential candidates of each party. It can make for a colorful read depending on the website.
Even better, scroll over the underlined name and you see:
-total contributions
-donations broken down by industry in the current election cycle
-small donations of ≤ $200 from 2012
If you have the program installed, you should see that Sen. John McCain has about $21.5 million on hand. How much did the NRA fund that? While you can’t tell via the GreenHouse extension nor as extensive (yet), there is a new app, “Follow the Money”, which will show the total amount the elected official ever got from the NRA (in McCain’s case, it’s $7,740,521). For me, Wikipedia now reads as “Marco ($3,303,355 from the NRA) Rubio”. “Follow the Money” provides a good reminder how much they’ ve taken from those death merchants.