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For why they couldn't be here and how they might have voted. among them, pennsylvania's pat toomey, who said he would have voted yes. even though he was a republican, it would not have been enough to change the outcome. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. >> both the mother and partner of fallen capitol police officer brian sicknick made a trip to capitol hill on thursday to meet with republican senators and to make a last-ditch plea for them to vote for the commission. now, in a cnn exclusive, the two sat down with our jake tapper and described those who opposed the bill as all talk and no act...

>> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with robyn curnow. great to have you along. thanks for joining me this hour. so u.s. senate republicans have blocked a crucial bill that would establish a commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection on capitol hill. only six republicans sided with democrats in friday's vote. but just a few short months ago, many republicans were adamant that a 9/11-style commission into the capitol's security was needed. their position now shows just how much of a grip former president donald trump still has on much of his party. last week...

Problematic, come 2022. could hurt their efforts to take, back, the majority in the house and the senate when they want to focus on other issues, domestic issues. not on everything that led to the january 6th attack and create a commission that would be essentially unassailable. instead, they will paint the house effort, in their view, as a partisan endeavor. but nevertheless, that bill, the commission bill has now failed in the senate and democrats are prepared to take things into their own hands. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. both, the mother and partner of fallen capitol police officer br...

Is this the world you want to create? and i think the point about democracy was so important. one of the things that happened yesterday behind the scenes which we didn't see, capitol hill police officer harry dunn and metropolitan police officer mike fanone were with them and went to all these meetings and they also walked them around the capitol. and officer dunn introduced mrs. sicknick and sandra to other capitol hill police officers. this was personal for them. but it was very clear in your interview, this was much bigger as well. she meant it. this is about democracy. >> and these are not...

This network, charles ramsey, that was talking about, you know, they need to get serious about this because some bad stuff is going to happen. and they need to take this seriously, if not for themselves, about the other employees that are in the capitol, the staffers, the architect of the capitol. i was very moved by senator klobuchar's opening statement in the hearings when she talked about the gentleman who hid in the closet that was part of the cleaning crew. >> it's terrifying. >> he came out and had to clean up urine and feces in the building. this is ridiculous. they need to do something...