Obama administration re-elected, moves quickly to placate hunters
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
WASHINGTON D.C.–Barack Obama, the first non-hunting U.S. president since Harry Truman, was re-elected on November 6, 2012 by a margin of 53% to 47% for opponent Mitt Romney–whose vice presidential running mate, Wisconsin member of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan, made much of his enthusiasm for bowhunting.
But, while Obama probably owed no political debts to the hunting lobby, the Obama administration on November 20, 2012 reiterated endorsement of the Sportsmen’s Act, S. 3525, introduced before the election by Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana), incorporating 19 legislative goals of the National Rifle Association and the pro-hunting National Wildlife Federation. Read more