The Senate Homeland Security Committee and Senate Rules Committee will hold a joint hearing on Feb. 23 on the security failures that led to the breach of the Capitol by pro-Trump rioters on Jan. 6, the panels announced Tuesday.Details: The committees have invited former U.S. Capitol Police chief Steven Sund, former House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, former Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger and D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee to testify. Sund, Irving and Stenger all resigned in the wake of the riots. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Why it matters: The hearing will likely be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to congressional investigations into the insurrection, which resulted in former President Trump's second impeachment and eventual acquittal in the Senate on Saturday.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said there will be an independent, 9/11-style commission set up to investigate the attack. House Homeland Securi
GOP congresswoman claims Pelosi stopped her Marine son from attending swearing-in but Speaker blames it on Capitol COVID restrictions
Rep. Claudia Tenney defeated Democratic incumbent Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 109 votes in a race that was decided this week
On Thursday, Tenney was scheduled to be sworn in at Capitol - more than a month after the bulk of her colleagues on Jan. 3 had their swearing-in ceremony
She said she asked to have her son, an active duty Marine and graduate of the Naval Academy, to join the ceremony
Tenney claims Nancy Pelosi prevented her son from being in the gallery but a spokesperson for the speaker said that the decision was not handled by her office
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Three House Republicans on Friday sent a letter to the Acting Sergeant at Arms, Timothy Blodgett, asking him to impost a $5,000 fine on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for failing to undergo a security screening prior to entering the House floor.
The letter s authors – Congressman Rodney Davis, Barry Loudermilk and Bryan Stiel – cite House Resolution 73, which imposes a $5,000 fine the first time a member fails to undergo a security screening. If a second offense occurs, the fine is $10,000. The resolution passed in the chamber on Tuesday. The resolution, which went into effect upon passage of the House on February 2nd, imposes a fine for $5,000 for the first offense. It also directs you to notify in writing of fines being imposed of violations for House Resolution 73, the letter stated. Yesterday, at approximately 9:59 am, multiple members observed the Speaker of the House entering the House Chamber without completely security scree