Leigh Ann Caldwell describes how Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of three GOP senators expected to support the House's Jan. 6 commission bill, blasted her fellow Republicans for blocking the bill to reporters, unknowingly in front of Officer Goodman, the Capitol police officer widely regarded as the hero of the riot.
Republicans block independent commission to investigate attack on U.S. Capitol Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V and Julie Tsirkin and Leigh Ann Caldwell and Dareh Gregorian
WASHINGTON Senate Republicans blocked legislation on Friday that would create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The vote was 54 in favor and 35 against short of the 60 needed to proceed, making it the first bill of the new Democratic-controlled Congress to be thwarted by a filibuster on the Senate floor.
Six GOP senators broke with their leadership and voted with 48 Democratic members to proceed to debate the bill: Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska; Rob Portman, of Ohio; Ben Sasse, of Nebraska; Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana; Mitt Romney, of Utah; and Susan Collins, of Maine.
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The family and friends of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the Capitol riot, are meeting with senators on Capitol Hill to urge the creation of a commission to investigate the events of January 6. NBC s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports from Capitol Hill.May 27, 2021
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