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WASHINGTON House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern on Tuesday questioned House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s fitness to lead after he came out in opposition to establishing a Jan. 6 commission to investigate the insurrection of that day, a measure the Rules panel teed up for floor debate on Wednesday despite Republican critiques.
“And so, I guess what’s frustrating to me is that this doesn’t seem to be a disagreement over substance or over policy, but I do think this is an issue of character,” the Massachusetts Democrat said of McCarthy. “I really do.”
It’s safe for you to report that we are undecided, he added.
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The House is poised to pass legislation establishing a commission focused on probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in which a mob of pro-Trump supporters breached the building.
But how much GOP support the bill will get is in flux after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
“Given the political misdirections that have marred this process, given the now duplicative and potentially counterproductive nature of this effort, and given the Speaker s shortsighted scope that does not examine interrelated forms of political violence in America, I cannot support this legislation,” McCarthy said in a statement released Tuesday morning.
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“Why do they even participate in negotiations at all?” Schumer grumbled.
The Democratic leader pledged to move forward with the bill once it passes the House, even if it has scant Republican support.
“We’ll see what the House vote is like but I want to be clear: I will put the Jan. 6 commission legislation on the floor of the Senate for a vote. Period,” he said.
“Republicans can let their constituents know: Are they on the side of truth or do they want to cover up for the insurrectionists and for Donald Trump
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