Allen Platt

1 year ago from United States

There continue to be American citizens following the January 6th insurrection that claim it was no big deal when the fact is that this divided our country, people were injured including one hundred and thirty-eight police officers and several died, the damages cost approximately $1.5 million to the U.S. Capitol building.

A bipartisan legislation to establish an independent commission to investigate the January. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol failed in the Senate, as Republicans staged their first filibuster since President Biden took office to block the plan. The final vote Friday was 54-35, but Republicans withheld the votes necessary to bring the bill up for debate. Just six GOP senators joined with the Democrats, leaving the measure short of the 60 votes needed to proceed.

The proposed commission was modeled on the one established to investigate the 9/11 terror attacks, with 10 commissioners - five Democrats and five Republicans - who would have subpoena powers. A Democratic chair and Republican vice chair would have had to approve all subpoenas with a final report due at the end of the year and the House approved the measure 252-175 with just 35 Republicans joining all Democrats in support of the plan.

Senate Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, were deeply skeptical of the commission in the days leading up to the vote. McConnell had dismissed the proposal as a "purely political exercise," given that two Senate committees are already looking into the events of January 6th. In remarks from the Senate floor Thursday, McConnell called into question how much more a commission would be able to unearth.

Previously stated by McCarthy the New Speaker of the House I've had it with this guy," (Trump) he would be recorded telling a group in a private phone conversation. Following McCarthy travelled to Palm Beach, Florida, to meet with Trump in a show of support that seemingly contradicted his earlier public and private words. "President Trump has agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House," read a statement from the former president that accompanied a photo of the two-standing side by side in one of the oceanside club's palatial rooms.

The January 6th Commissions after being finally approved and investigative work completed revealed that McCarthy was initially right in wondering “I’ve had it with this guy”, this being Donald Trump. Hopefully this will now include a preponderence of the American people.