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May 23, 2021, 2:30 p.m. ET Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board. Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, is frequently derided as a weak, hollow, craven, opportunistic, transactional, nakedly ambitious political animal with no core principles. Last week, he set heads shaking by announcing his opposition to the bill establishing a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 sacking of the U.S. Capitol. The legislative negotiations had been led on the Republican side, reportedly at Mr. McCarthy’s explicit reques...

House Republican votes for U.S. Capitol riot plan a blow to Kevin McCarthy Reuters | May 20, 2021 08:56 PM EDT U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), participates in a roundtable discussion about trade in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (Photo : REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst) 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 Representat...

The House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday to create a commission examining the events of January 6.

House Backs Jan. 6 Commission, but Senate Path Dims The vote was a victory for Democrats, who were joined by 35 Republicans in pushing for a full accounting of the deadly riot. But Mitch McConnell voiced opposition, clouding Senate prospects. Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans seemed to be “afraid of the truth.”Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times May 19, 2021Updated 9:16 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — A sharply divided House voted on Wednesday to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, overcoming opposition from Repub...

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 ...