US House Creates Jan. 6 Committee
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The U.S. House voted Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the origins of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. The House voted 222-190, almost entirely along party lines; Republican representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were the only two GOP members to vote in favor. In May, 35 House Republicans joined Democrats in support of creating an independent commission with bipartisan outside experts; many oppose, however, a select committee with appointees by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “It will find the truth — which clearly the Republicans fear,” Pelosi said. The committee will have 13 members; Pelosi will appoint eight, and five will be appointed after consultation with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. There's no timetable for the committee's creation.
Outlets on the left and center tended to focus on the committee and recount details of Jan. 6. Right-rated outlets tended to highlight voices from the right who criticize the committee as "too partisan" and who say it is unnecessary in light of separate bipartisan probes conducted earlier this year.
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