Despite the opposition of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), the House passed a bipartisan bill to investigate the January 6 insurrection
through an independent, 9/11-style commission last evening. The final vote was 252–175, with 35 Republicans joining Democrats in supporting the legislation. It will now go to the Senate; however, with Mitch McConnell’s pronouncement that he will not support this bipartisan commission, the likelihood of 60 Senators voting for it is slim.The negotiations were brokered by Rep. John Katko (R-NY), the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, and the chairman of the committee,… More
