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  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.
It actually seems to be a bipartisan thing right now.


> It actually seems to be a bipartisan thing right now.

Virtually everything these past few years has been bipartisan, up to the point it became higher-profile and associated with Obama who (rightly or wrongly) is an incredibly polarizing figure.

It goes all the way back to Obamacare, which was solidly bipartisan (I mean in Congress, not merely in concept) and which Republicans in committee had a veto pen over, particularly in the Senate.

Until it fell directly into the spotlight and became too associated with Obama's platform.

This has happened over and over and over since 2008.




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