The letter, which was dated Feb. 7, was led by Hawaii's Democratic Senator Brian Schatz and signed by 29 Democrats, including all those on the Senate Banking Committee, and two independents. per Reuters, but no actual letter text.
There's an argument to be made that the Democrats (who I'm a stalwart supporter of) have happily polarized this issue, rather than doing something more quiet while collecting bipartisan support. That what they're doing looks helpful but really isn't.
Well, yeah. In the 90's or early 00's, it would have been both parties with a joint press conference. Now we have 24 hour news and don't need cooperation to get press. At this point working with the other party is just not done. The congressional leadership of both parties has set a course and its going to be this way for a while. In some ways, its just a shift from incumbent protection to trying to gain back seats. Equifax is pretty far down the list politically anyway, so it probably didn't actually do any harm, but it certainly didn't do any good either.
I find it amusing that the polling that has failed for multiple years is being seen as valid this time around.
