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House Republicans kept a woman in their third-highest post. What stops GOP women from climbing higher? Catherine Wineinger House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks to reporters as, from left, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.); House Republican Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson (R-La.); and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) listen on May 14 in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Last week, House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from party leadership because she wouldn’t stop objecting to former president Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election. She was replaced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), a vocal Trump supporter and now the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress.
The violence came after months of Mr Trump denying his defeat and falsely claiming the election had been “stolen” from him.
GOP congressman Representative Adam Kinzinger – an outspoken opponent of Mr Trump – said he was pleased with the number of fellow Republicans who had voted for the commission, despite intense pressure being put on by party leaders.
“It is an easy vote, we need answers and we need to take ownership on what was done,” he told CNN.
“I am pleased by the number of my colleagues who have voted for it. It is a positive number.”
The bill will now require 10 Republicans in the Senate to join all 50 Democrats and vote for the commission to break the 60-vote filibuster threshold in order for it to pass.