Republicans Filibuster Bill Establishing Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission
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The GOP blockade of a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will increase pressure on Democrats to eliminate the Senate filibuster.
Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation on Friday that would have established an independent 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, testing Democratic holdouts over their support for the filibuster. The vote against opening debate on the bill took place even after the family of a Capitol Police officer who died a day after the attack urged Republican senators to support a commission. It was the first GOP filibuster during Joe Biden’s presidency. It also marked the second time since the violent insurrection in the nation’s capital that congressional Republicans shielded the former president from accountability for the events that transpired earlier this year.
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