{"id":10655,"date":"2014-08-25T16:21:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T20:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10655"},"modified":"2014-08-25T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T20:21:43","slug":"bloomberg-closes-his-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10655","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg closes his wallet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/leaving-office-mayor-michael-bloomberg-hasn-senate-republicans-dime-article-1.1915373\" target=\"_blank\">Who didn&#8217;t see this one coming<\/a>?\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysenategop.net\" target=\"_blank\">Senate GOP<\/a> conference that&#8217;s who:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Senate Republicans have lost a big weapon in their fight against the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorksenatedems.com\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats<\/a> for control of the chamber: former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Michael Bloomberg<\/a>.\u00a0 Bloomberg was the single largest donor to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee during his three terms in office \u2014 but since leaving City Hall, he hasn\u2019t given a dime &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The short term cash he gave to help pass gun control will do nothing to assuage the long term anger at the Republicans for passing the SAFE Act without so much as a whimper from the &#8220;leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D10655&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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