2021-05-20 01:20:23 GMT2021-05-20 09:20:23(Beijing Time) Sina English
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An unscalable security fence, erected after the January 6 riots, continues to surround the US Capitol in advance of US President Joe Biden s first speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington, US, on April 28, 2021.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to create an independent commission to probe the deadly on January 6 attack on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump s supporters, as one in six Republicans defied party leaders attempts to block it.
Over the past two days, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell worked to kill a bipartisan bill to establish the commission to investigate the violence that left five dead including a Capitol Police officer.
The House voted by 252-175 to approve the commission, which was styled after the panel that probed attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. The bill now goes to the Senate where its future was uncertain.
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Two Republican members of Michigan s congressional delegation were among nearly three dozen who broke with their party Wednesday night, supporting the creation of an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
U.S. Reps. Peter Meijer of Grand Rapids and Fred Upton of St. Joseph voted along with Democrats and a larger-than-expected group of other Republicans, arguing that the public deserves an independent review by experts into how the Capitol was breached and why intelligence beforehand wasn t acted upon to stop the attack.
McCarthy says he has no concern about being subpoenaed in a Jan. 6 commission
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during a news conference on May 14, in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was asked today if he is worried about being subpoenaed if a Jan. 6 commission was created. Here s what he told reporters:
“I have no concern about that, but that’s somebody playing politics with it, not wanting to get to the core of what happened.”
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U.S. House approves Capitol riot probe; many Republicans buck leadership
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to create an independent commission to probe the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump s supporters, as one in six Republicans defied party leaders attempts to block it.
Over the past two days, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell worked to kill a bipartisan bill to establish the commission to investigate the violence that left five dead including a Capitol Police officer.