Headline Roundup • June 29th, 2021
Pelosi Introduces Resolution to Launch January 6 Probe
Summary from the AllSides News Team
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has proposed a resolution to form a select committee to investigate the deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The resolution should come to a vote in the House later this week.
The committee would include 13 members: eight chosen by Pelosi, and the other five chosen in consultation with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). An earlier proposal by Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) for equal representation on the committee failed in the Senate.
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Associated Press Fact Check
A new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol would have 13 members and the power to subpoena witnesses, according to legislation released by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The House is expected to vote on the bill this week.
The effort comes after Senate Republicans blocked the formation of an independent, bipartisan commission to probe the attack, in which hundreds of former President Donald Trump’s supporters violently broke into the Capitol and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.
The new, partisan House panel would have eight...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed a bill on Monday to create a Democratic-controlled select House committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot after Republicans blocked a proposal that would have given them more control over a bipartisan, bicameral commission look into the attack.
And in a twist, Pelosi is “seriously considering” appointing a Republican to the body, which would give the committee closer to even-partisan representation while still allowing Democrats more power than they would have had in the failed Jan. 6 commission.
“Sadly, as of last week, there remains no...
Wall Street Journal (News)
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Monday introduced the legislative text needed to establish a select committee with subpoena power to investigate the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, in advance of an expected vote in the House on Wednesday.
The resolution, which mirrors the language used to create the GOP-led select committee on the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, gives Mrs. Pelosi the ability to appoint the chair and 13 members—five of them “after consultation with the minority leader,” a reference to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.).
Mrs. Pelosi is...
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