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Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, was absent from the vote because of a family commitment, a spokesman said.

By Julia Johnson | May 28, 2021 | 5:10pm EDT Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (Getty Images) (CNS News) -- The Senate failed on Friday to pass legislation to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.  Senators voted 54-35, falling short of the 60 votes needed to pass the bill. Conservative Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) voted against the bill, saying in a statement,  “With multiple investigations already ...

The U.S. Senate voted 54-35 Friday in favor of creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Senate Republicans have used the filibuster to block a bipartisan bill that would establish a January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection. Sens.

White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Republican senators who voted against a bill to create an independent commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot failed to uphold their oath to support and defend the Constitution.

The U.S. Senate on Friday failed to create a national bipartisan commission to study the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol by documented supporters of former president Donald Trump. A bill to create such a commission, sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and co-sponsored by Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), sailed through the House of Representatives before stalling in the Senate. The requisite 60 votes necessary in the Senate failed to materialize when the time for a vote came on Friday morning.

The GOP blockade of a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will increase pressure on Democrats to eliminate the Senate filibuster.

Three Republican senators say they won’t back President Biden’s nominee to serve as the top lawyer for the intelligence community because of his past experience working for a Chinese company accused of intellec

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. President Biden’s pick as chief legal counsel for the U.S. intelligence community refused to renounce the possibility of future work with the Chinese government or the tech giant Huawei. In a closed -door Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday, Christopher Fonzone, who was nominated by Biden in March to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ONDI), disclosed his work w...

A measure in the Senate would require the Biden administration to obtain congressional approval before inking a deal with Iran, according to a copy of the draft amendment obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.