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Ted Lieu Praises Republicans Who 'Put Country Over Insanity' in Commission Vote On 5/20/21 at 6:45 AM EDT Representative Ted Lieu praised the Republican members of the House who backed a bill to create a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot. Lieu, a Democrat who represents California's 33rd congressional district, took to Twitter on Wednesday following the House's vote to approve a bill on the 9/11-style commission into the riot, which left five people dead including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. "Pleased that 35 GOP Members put country over insanity by voting for the...

House Republican votes for U.S. Capitol riot plan a blow to Kevin McCarthy By David Morgan Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A week after House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy gambled he could unify his caucus by ousting a prominent critic of former President Donald Trump, a new Trump-inspired rift has raised questions about his leadership. Thirty-five Republican representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives - or one out of every six - joined the 219 majority Democrats in voting https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-set-vote-commission-probe-deadly-jan-6-capitol-attack-2021-05-19...

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Representative Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, said on Tuesday that he would oppose bipartisan legislation to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, denouncing a proposed independent inquiry into the deadliest attack on Congress in centuries because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” by left-wing groups. The announcement by Mr. McCarthy, Republican of California and the minority leader, suggested that a House vote expected as early as Wednesday to create the panel will most likely be a partisan affair, with much of the G.O.P. opposing the ...

WASHINGTON — Top House Republicans urged their colleagues on Tuesday to oppose bipartisan legislation creating an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, positioning their conference against a full accounting of the deadly riot by a pro-Trump mob. Representative Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California and the minority leader, announced his opposition in a lengthy statement on Tuesday morning, and his leadership team...