Senate Republicans Block Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Commission
Senate Democrats were unable to garner enough GOP support to pass legislation to establish an independent, “9/11-style” commission to investigate the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol, with just six Republicans voting in favor of the measure Friday.
The bill — which passed the House 252-175 last week with the support of 35 GOP lawmakers — was blocked from moving forward in a 54-35 procedural vote, failing to meet the 60-vote threshold to overcome the filibuster.
Republicans Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Bill Cassidy, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman and Ben Sasse joined the Democrats. Eleven senators missed the rare Friday vote.
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