Congress has been feeling a ton of heat since the big newspaper exposés of a few months ago. Plenty of people are pissed, irrespective of political party.
From the OP here:
Holder’s action comes as members of both parties in Congress are working together to craft legislation to overhaul civil asset forfeiture. Last Friday, Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), along with Reps. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) and John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), signed a letter calling on Holder to end Equitable Sharing.
Grassley praised Holder’s decision on Friday.
“We’re going to have a fairer justice system because of it,” Grassley said. “The rule of law ought to protect innocent people and civil asset forfeiture hurt a lot of people.”
He said he planned to continue pressing for legislative reforms.
“I commend the department for this step and look forward to working with them on comprehensive forfeiture reform that protects Americans’ property rights,” Sensenbrenner said. “Equitable sharing has become a tool too often used to bypass state law. Forfeitures should be targeted and must have appropriate procedural protections.”
This seems reasonably bipartisan, but I'm not sure how broad the support is. Of course there's also the risk that even if it is bipartisan with broad support that singeing will overreach and use its popularity to get something else passed and that effort will kill the broader bill.
