House Backs Jan. 6 Commission, but Senate Path Dims
The vote was a victory for Democrats, who were joined by 35 Republicans in pushing for a full accounting of the deadly riot. But Mitch McConnell voiced opposition, clouding Senate prospects.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans seemed to be “afraid of the truth.”Credit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
May 19, 2021Updated 9:16 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON A sharply divided House voted on Wednesday to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, overcoming opposition from Republicans determined to stop a high-profile accounting of the deadly pro-Trump riot.
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McConnell Opposes Commission to Investigate Capitol Riot
Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, said Wednesday that he opposed a bipartisan plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
I’ve made the decision to oppose the House Democrats’ slanted an unbalanced proposal for another commission to study the events of January the 6th. As everybody surely knows, I repeatedly made my views about the events of Jan. 6 very clear. I spoke clearly and left no doubt about my conclusions. So there is, has been and there will continue to be no shortage, no shortage of robust investigations by two separate branches of the federal government. So, Mr. President, it’s not at all clear what new facts or additional investigation yet another commission could actually lay on top of existing efforts by law enforcement and Congress. The facts have come out and they’ll continue to come out. What is clear is that House Democrats ha
House Democrats press forward with a bipartisan proposal to create a commission on the Jan. 6 capitol riot.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson helped broker a bipartisan agreement on an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.Credit.Pool photo by Chip Somodevilla
May 14, 2021, 11:37 a.m. ET
House Democrats are pressing forward with a bipartisan proposal to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, after reaching agreement with a key Republican to drop his party’s demand to look into left-wing violence at racial justice protests.
The deal announced on Friday between Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and Representative John Katko of New York, the panel’s senior Republican, could break a partisan logjam that has persisted for months around the commission.