Such a group would be made up of Democratic and Republican House members ….
It would have supoena power…
And having members of BOTH parties (Dem head) would give Democrats some cover against political noise, which they will get anyways….
One WOULD assume Pelosi IS gonna HAVE to set some sort of Overall Congressional investigation and report action.
(President Biden is NOT gonna try to investigate something that involves members of the legislative branch)
That with Republicans trying to rewrite and ignore an incident that has resulted in over 400 federal arrest’s and more to come….
As Democrats chew on their options for investigating Jan. 6, the select committee is rising to the top.
Party leaders have been mulling a series of strategies for how the House might proceed on its own after the Democrats’ first choice — forming an independent, 9/11-style commission — was blocked by Senate Republicans last month.
As Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) inches closer to her decision, some members have called for the empowerment of a single sitting committee, such as Homeland Security, to take the investigative lead; others want to lend the Senate more time to round up additional support for the outside commission; and still others are urging President Biden to seat an investigative panel of his own.
But the emerging consensus appears to favor a fourth option: the creation of a special committee dedicated to examining the extraordinary and violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
“Assuming the Senate doesn’t get there, the select committee makes sense because you want to consolidate it,” said Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, which has jurisdiction over portions of the attack. “There’re too many committees that have jurisdiction and would be stepping all over each other.”
If Pelosi has made up her mind on the matter, she’s keeping her choice extremely close to the vest. In recent days, the Speaker has been reaching out to key lawmakers, taking the temperature of her caucus and seeking input on which course Democrats should take, according to lawmakers who have received calls. Publicly, she has said only that her decision will come before Congress leaves Washington for the Fourth of July recess….
image…The Hill
Pelosi makes up her mind for the US House Capitol Protest Review….
Pelosi Will Use Select Committee for Jan. 6 Probe
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told the House Steering and Policy Committee that she will appoint a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, CNN reports.
Axios: “The creation of such a committee means House Democrats, who currently have a majority, would be responsible for the investigation.”
Breaking……
Pelosi gets the votes for a House Select Report
On the Capitol 6 Protest/Violence…..
Post later when the dust settles….
There WALL ALWAYS gonna be this
Republicans ain’t happy with this….
Too damn bad….
Only two House GOPer’s vote for this
Pelosi and McCarhy pick the Reps…..
Anybody here still think Pelost leaves the stage before the 2024 election?
Yes
REALLY?
Dem’s don’t need a rookie running the House after Next years midterms
That wouldn’t be my problem. A deal had already been made. Ask Keith who “knows” people.
Of course, there is also a very realistic chance that Kevin McCarthy might be Speaker after the midterms. She isn’t going to stick around to Minority Leader for sure.
Probably not for a Minority…..
But?
If
They fool everyone and hold their majority?
I just dO NOT see her leaving if she is ‘s STILL House Speaker
There WILL BE a Capitol Protest/Violence Report from Congress….
The House voted Wednesday to form a select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, with nearly all Republicans opposing the legislation — a sign of the political challenges that face Democrats as they attempt to probe why thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters swarmed the building and tried to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
The 220-to-190 nearly party-line vote stands in contrast to a vote in May, when 35 House Republicans joined Democrats to back the creation of an independent commission to examine the root causes of the attack. While that group of House Republicans was willing to embrace an outside panel of experts evenly weighted between GOP and Democratic appointees, most were wary of a select committee that would be firmly in the control of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s handpicked participants….
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2 R voting yea:
Liz Cheney (Wyo) & Adam Kinsinger (Ill.)
19 Republicans not voting (cf. 35 earlier R ayes for the bipartisan commission):
Arrington Republican Texas NOT VOTING
Banks Republican Indiana NOT VOTING
Carter (GA) Republican Georgia NOT VOTING
Cloud Republican Texas NOT VOTING
Fulcher Republican Idaho NOT VOTING
Gohmert Republican Texas NOT VOTING
Good (VA) Republican Virginia NOT VOTING
Herrell Republican New Mexico NOT VOTING
Higgins (LA) Republican Louisiana NOT VOTING
Issa Republican California NOT VOTING
Jackson Republican Texas NOT VOTING
Johnson (LA) Republican Louisiana NOT VOTING
Miller (IL) Republican Illinois NOT VOTING
Pfluger Republican Texas NOT VOTING
Rose Republican Tennessee NOT VOTING
Roy Republican Texas NOT VOTING
Tiffany Republican Wisconsin NOT VOTING
Weber (TX) Republican Texas NOT VOTING
Williams (TX) Republican Texas NOT VOTING
I enjoyed the spectacle of McCarthy ranting prior to the vote to remove the Confederate monuments the other day.Kevin ,the “intellectually challenged” one, said he supported removal as they were just a bunch of Democrats(a true statement) and then denounced slavery,Jim Crow and essentially said Democrats need to atone for all that.
Fair point.
So all the Democrats of 160 or so years later did so!
Unfortunately, for “Leader” Kevin the majority of his flock didn’t follow his lead and voted to keep the statues.Why?Well maybe they didn’t think those Democrats of yesteryear were so wrong.Ask them.
Instead of lecturing present day Democrats on the sins of their party adherents of 160 years ago,perhaps Leader Kevin needs to deliver one of his rants to his present day Republicans.
Alas I doubt he will!
Benghazi!
HOT DAMN‼️
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has named Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to serve on the select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump supporters.
The House voted to form the panel on Wednesday despite GOP opposition. Cheney voted in favor of forming it.
Cheney was recently dumped by GOP leadership over her criticisms of former President Trump…..
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