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Re:Equifax under pressure after data breach update by kevin_b_er on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:49PM (#16360875)
They tried. The Republican Party leadership suspended all investigation of Equifax. Equifax is part of the finance industry and the finance industry are major sponsors of the Republican Party.
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Re:Equifax under pressure after data breach update by bzbarsky on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:28PM (#16361261)
They're major sponsors of both parties. According to http://fortune.com/2017/03/08/wall-street-2016-election-spen... their donations in 2016 split about 45-55 Democrat-Republican. In 2012, according to http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-responsible-for-o... they contributed significantly to Obama's re-election campaign.

If you really think the "finance industry" as a whole is what's pushing for the Equifax investigation to be shelved, then I expect the same would have happened under Democratic leadership.

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