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In reply to the discussion: Bloomberg Spends $764,232.35 Buying Oregon Background Check Bill [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)27. I helped a bit in passing that law.
        It was up against significant opposition in Salem (the capital) despite polls running solidly in its favor. The opposition was largely among GOP legislators, but not so much from the pro-2nd Amendment groups, who as the article notes, didn't spend much on it (and some of the groups didn't oppose the bill at all). I'm not sure that there was such a huge need to spend that much on this bill, as it never really appeared that it would fail, but I suppose Bloomberg's organization wanted to be sure is was enacted (and to have a showpiece victory.
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        beevul
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        You were alerted on by guess who using the usual passive aggressive alert distortions.
        Fred Sanders
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        This is the wrong place for that post; you want 'Ask the Administrators', found at...
        friendly_iconoclast
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        friendly_iconoclast
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        friendly_iconoclast
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        "MDA did not work against pryor or begich to get a republican elected" Bullshit!
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        Aug 2015
        #59
      
        
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