The House of Representatives has passed a bill to create a bipartisan commission to examine the riot at the U.S. Capitol and January 6 and the events that led up to it.
While lawmakers debate whether to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a number of congressional Republicans are insisting that the events of that day were no big deal. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has been downplaying a mob’s attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results for months, and on Wednesday night he went on Fox News to continue asserting that there was not an insurrection..
By Bill Galluccio
May 20, 2021
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to create a bipartisan commission to examine the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and the events that led up to it. The bill passed by a vote of 252-175, with 35 Republicans bucking party leadership and voting in favor of the commission.
The commission would be made up of ten members, split evenly between Republicans and Democrats. They would be given subpoena power and be tasked with investigating the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power.