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Senate Democrat: Keep Equifax away from government contracts

By Joseph Lawler
Published October 9, 2017 7:57pm ET
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Senate Democrat: Keep Equifax away from government contracts
Last week, Republicans criticized the IRS for awarding Equifax a short-term contract to protect the confidentiality of taxpayers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Sherrod Brown, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, called on the Trump administration Monday to consider barring Equifax from entering into any government contracts, the latest in the fallout from the credit reporting firm’s massive data breach.

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