The House of Representatives passed a bill, with bipartisan support, to create a special commission to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has succeeded in blocking the bill in the Senate, so legislation to create an investigative commission is unlikely to reach President Biden’s desk.
New this morning, senate democrats kyrsten sinema pl pleading with a commission. but if they won t, what other options are out there? john avlon with a reality check. there are few defining crises in american history known instantly by their date. december 7th, november 22nd, september 11th, and now we can add january 6th to that list. after all those other national tragedies, there were independent bipartisan commissions convened to investigate what happened so it wouldn t happen again. the roberts commission, the warren commission, the 9/11 commission. but this time, patriotism and precedent don t seem to apply because it looks like republicans will kill a bipartisan january 6th commission for cynical,
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By DIANA NOLLEN | The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Published: February 6, 2021 (Tribune News Service) George Clooney played him in The Monuments Men feature film in 2014, but his name was changed to Frank Stokes, so George Stout s name continues to fly under the radar. His actions, however, continue to change and preserve history. And now his story can reach a worldwide audience in the documentary
Stout Hearted: George Stout and the Guardians of Art. It s the first project by filmmaker Kevin Kelley, 65, and producer Marie Wilkes, 66, of Iowa City, through the couple s new nonprofit organization, New Mile Media Arts. The 81-minute documentary debuted March 30, 2019, in Stout s hometown of Winterset, then sold out all three screenings the following week at FilmScene in Iowa City. It has since traveled to 20 film festivals around the world, and now anyone anywhere can see it through the Heritage Broadcasting Service, a subscription video-on-demand platform and subsidi