Eleven Republicans missed the procedural vote.
The attention now turns to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who could establish a select committee to look into the events of Jan. 6 or assign the task to House committees.
Democrats, and a faction of Republicans, blamed former President Trump for inciting the storming of the U.S. Capitol with his persistent but unsubstantiated charge that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by Democrats.
In response to the Senate vote, Mrs. Pelosi said: “Republican senators surrendered to the January 6th mob assault.”
“Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans’ denial of the truth of the January 6th insurrection brings shame to the Senate. Republicans’ cowardice in rejecting the truth of that dark day makes our Capitol and our country less safe,” said Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat.
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