The Lower House sends the bill that creates the independent commission to investigate the Jan.6 assault on the Capitol on the Senate
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Wednesday, November 6
The Lower House approves the creation of an independent commission to investigate the assault on the Capitol
A lower house divided between Democrats and Republicans voted Wednesday to create an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the violent assault on the Capitol on January 6, overcoming opposition from Republicans determined to stop an explanation high-profile view of the deadly riot in favor of the then president Donald Trump , reported The New York Times .
But even as the legislation passed in the House, leading Republicans rallied in an effort to convict it in the Senate and protect the former president Donald Trump and the Republican Party of a new scrutiny of their roles in the events of that day.
The final vote in the House, 252 against Republicans voting in favor, which pointed out the difficult road ahead of the creation of this independent commission to do an investigation into the assault on the Capitol by protesters who sustained the false allegations of his own Donald Trump on the result of the presidential elections.
Republican defections showed a significant break with the Republican leadership in the House and former President Donald Trump, who urged members to vote against the legislation.
The vote It came hours after Senator Mitch McConnell , the minority leader, declared his opposition to creating this commission.
McConnell had said just a day before that he was willing to vote in favor, and had previously voiced his opinion both to denounce Trump’s role in instigating the assault on the Capitol, and denouncing the effort of some Republicans on January 6 to block the certification of the results of the November elections.
Wednesday’s vote, which came as some Republicans try to downplay the violence that occurred in the Capitol on January 6 and align with the reality version of Donald Trump , still opposes the criteria of the majority of grassroots Republicans, commented CNN .
Voting margins in the Lower House are an important indicator of how many Republicans in the House of Representatives are willing to oppose their party leadership and can offer an early sign of how many Republican senators could back this bill.
The bill now moves to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain fate as resistance grows of the Republican Party .
Supporters of the creation of an independent commission to investigate the assault on the Capitol on January 6, will need at least 10 Republicans in the Senate to join the vo cough and pass the bill.
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