House Democrats mulling their next steps for investigating the Capitol attack of Jan. 6 have reached at least one early verdict: doing nothing is not an option.Five months after the rampage, Democrats remain shaken by the violence, resentful of Republicans blocking probes into it, and devoted to launching a deep-dive examination - even if that means going it alone."It's up to us to figure out how we proceed, but we must proceed," said Rep..
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June 03, 2021
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President Joe Biden is opposing creating a Jan. 6 presidential commission, Axios reported Thursday.
The president plans to continue urging Congress to establish its own committee, White House officials said according to Axios. He won’t, however, appoint his own presidential committee dedicated to investigating the Jan. 6 riot, which saw Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were voting to certify the election for Biden.
House Democrats proposed creating a presidential commission after Senate Republicans killed a bill to create one in a vote at the end of May. Six Republicans supported the bill, but 10 votes were necessary to overcome the 60-vote threshold to start debating.
The Senate fell sort of the 60 votes needed to consider a House-passed bill that would have formed a 10-member commission evenly split between the two parties.