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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Concerned that the establishment of a 1/6 Commission would put Donald Trump’s incitement of an insurrection front and center in the 2022 mid-term elections, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell(R-KY) used all his powers of persuasion and leverage to successfully block its passage. He convinced all but 7 Republican Senators to oppose an up or down vote on the legislation last week leaving the measure 3 votes short of the 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster. (The actual vote was 54 to 35 because 3 supporters of the 1/6 Commission were not present, two Democratic Senators and Pat Toomey(R-PA). If the votes were there to overcome a filibuster, Senator Schumer would have scheduled it at a time when all the supporters were in attendance.)
Senate Republicans revived negotiations over United States President Joe Biden’s sweeping investment plan, preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal that would be funded with COVID-19 relief money as a counteroffer to the White House.
Biden, a Democrat, had said he wanted to see progress on legislation by May 31, the US Memorial Day holiday.
Republicans said on Tuesday they would disclose details of the new offer by Thursday, with some sounding upbeat after both sides had panned other offers.
“I think that we’ve got good momentum, but we’ll see what their reaction is,” said Capito, the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Senators try to salvage Jan. 6 commission bill
AP, WASHINGTON
US senators on Tuesday labored to find a path forward for legislation creating a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, debating potential changes in a long-shot attempt to overcome opposition.
Republican Senator Susan Collins and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin were leading the informal talks, two people familiar with the effort said.
The talks were focusing on two issues that Republican senators have cited for their opposition to the legislation passed by the US House of Representatives to create the commission ensuring that the panel’s staff is evenly split between the parties and that its work does not spill over into the midterm election year.