35 Republicans join Democrats in approving a 9/11 type commission review of the US capitol protest that turned into mob violence against office of the United State’s Congressional lawmakers….
The Republican leader McCarthy supported the effort…at First…
Several House Republicans made the ‘deal’ with Democrats on the effort….
Ex-President Donald Trump has come out against the effort….
But in the end?
Those who where threatened, while Trump sat safely in the White House, have chosen to have their body look closer at the action’s along with the Federal criminal cases generated numbering over 400….
This IS a defeat for McCarthy and Yes…Donald Trump…
We now turn to the US Senate, where Democrat’s and the Republican for this have a higher mountain to climb to join the House’s vote….
A sharply divided House voted on Wednesday to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, overcoming opposition from Republicans determined to stop a high-profile accounting of the deadly pro-Trump riot.
But even as the legislation passed the House, top Republicans locked arms in an effort to doom it in the Senate and shield former President Donald J. Trump and their party from fresh scrutiny of their roles in the events of that day.
The final vote in the House, 252 to 175, with four-fifths of Republicans opposed, pointed to the difficult path ahead.
The vote came hours after Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, declared his opposition to the plan. Mr. McConnell had said just a day earlier that he was open to voting for it, and had previously been vocal both in denouncing Mr. Trump’s role in instigating the assault and in decrying the effort by some Republicans on Jan. 6 to block certification of the election results.
His reversal reflected broader efforts by the party to put the assault on the Capitol behind them in political terms, or recast the rioting as a peaceful protest, amid pressure from Mr. Trump and concerns about the issue dogging them in the 2022 elections.
Proponents, including 35 Republicans, hailed the move to establish the commission as an ethical and practical necessity to fully understand the most violent attack on Congress in two centuries and the election lies from Mr. Trump that fueled it. Modeled after the body that studied the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, the 10-person commission would take an inquiry out of the halls of Congress and deliver findings by Dec. 31….
House GOP divisions were on full display Wednesday as dozens of Republicans broke with their party leadership and former President Donald Trump to support a proposed commission investigating the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol.
The measure, which would task a bipartisan 10-person commission with delivering a report on the causes and facts of the insurrection by the end of the year, passed the House by a 252-175 vote with every Democrat and 35 Republicans in support…
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The big bipartisan vote was a major rebuke to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who worked hard to minimize the brewing rebellion in his ranks over the commission. During the vote, McCarthy huddled in the back of the chamber with his staff, watching the vote tally tick upward as Republican after Republican registered their “yes” vote.
McCarthy’s handling of his party’s internal divisions this week has revealed potential weaknesses in his leadership style — and offered a preview of how the California Republican might run the House one day.
McCarthy initially empowered one of his allies, moderate Rep. John Katko of New York, to cut a bipartisan deal with his Democratic counterpart on an independent, 9/11 style commission to investigate the deadly Capitol riots. But when Katko ultimately struck an agreement, which included most of McCarthy’s demands, the GOP leader balked at the plan.
Internal debate then swirled among House Republicans over whether to formally whip the measure. Whipping against a bill negotiated by one of their own would have been largely unprecedented, so GOP leadership decided against it. But once it looked like dozens of Republicans might break ranks, McCarthy grew nervous about the prospect of defections and took more informal steps to build opposition to the bill, multiple GOP sources said.
Further complicating the dynamics for McCarthy, the conservative wing in the House Freedom Caucus informed him on Monday evening they were staunchly opposed to the commission, and Trump came out against it Tuesday evening….
image…MarketWatch
Indeed….
But they HAVE stepped up…..
Again?
Will their votes embolden enough Senate Republicans?
I doubt it.
I’m hoping things squeeze thru
Right on time….
Trump Takes Aim at ’35 Wayward Republicans’
Former President Trump slapped the “wayward” House Republicans who voted in support of a commission that will investigate the Capitol insurrection on January 6.
Said Trump: “See, 35 wayward Republicans—they just can’t help themselves. We have much better policy and are much better for the Country, but the Democrats stick together, the Republicans don’t.”
He added: “They don’t have the Romney’s, Little Ben Sasse’s, and Cheney’s of the world. Unfortunately, we do. Sometimes there are consequences to being ineffective and weak. The voters understand!”
Well, at the least ,these people are guaranteed of primary opposition ,as every Trump kook in their district will be aiming for them.
Some may survive,some will likely lose.
And for what?Doing the right thing.
In today’s Republican Party ?”Doing the right think” is a perilous enterprise.
And just think,it was all for naught as the Commission idea will die in the Senate where Mitch McConnell has learned his lesson.
The Republican Party 2021.
Yes. They will be primaried. My guess is that most will likely lose that primary.
If it’s worth anything I az a Democrat will “root for” every one of these Republican congressmen who get challenged in a primary.
A year is a long time….
I suspect this vote won’t mean much next year….
Trump won’t forget it.
He might be more worried about the Feds taking his money …..
I was considering tabulating all the GOP votes against Trump on the principal existential issues (the ones that will arouse greatest fury of Donald Trump and thus of his followers; and the greatest squirming and prevarication from his reluctant apologists). They vary greatly; the ones I could think of were these.
Someone with database-management knowledge and some patience could cross-reference which GOP Reps voted for truth and when; it’s a dead cert that Trumpworld is doing the same and recruiting primary challengers.
The Senate is a different task.
Appoint managers to impeach (1st); 0 GOP for; Collin Peterson (DFL-Minn.; lost re-election) against
[Jan 15, 2020, 01:33 PM | 116th Congress, 2nd Session
ROLL CALL NUMBER: 18 | BILL NUMBER: H. RES. 798]
Objection to accepting Arizona’s Electoral Votes:
R 83 nay; 121 yea; no D ayes (220 nay)
[Roll Call 10 | MOTION
JAN 06, 2021, 11:08 PM | 117TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION
Vote Question: On Agreeing to the Objection]
Objection to accepting Pennsylvania’s Electoral Votes:
R 64 nay; 138 yea; D 0 yea (218 nay)
[Roll Call 11 | MOTION
JAN 07, 2021, 03:08 AM | 117TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION
Vote Question: On Agreeing to the Objection]
Calling on VP Pence to convene Cabinet to declare President Trump incapable, invoking the 25th Amendment
1 R yea (A. Kinsinger, Ill.) 205 nay ; 0 D nay 228 yea
[Roll Call 14 | Bill Number: H. Res. 21 JAN 12, 2021, 11:24 PM]
Impeaching Donald Trump (no. 2)
R 10 yea; 197 nay; D 220-0 yea
[Roll Call 17 | Bill Number: H. Res. 24
JAN 13, 2021, 04:33 PM | 117TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION
Vote Question: On Agreeing to the Resolution]
Excluding Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) from all House committees: (218-210; 3 nv)
0 R for; 0 D against
[ Roll Call 23 | FEB 04, 2021, 03:22 PM ]
National Commission to investigate Jan. 6th attack
35 R yea; 175 nay; D 0 nay 217 yea
[Roll Call 154 | Bill Number: H. R. 3233
MAY 19, 2021, 06:49 PM | Vote Question: On Passage]
Source: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes