Friday, May 14, 2021

Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission


Lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee, reached an agreement Friday, on Legislation to establish a Bipartisan 9/11-style Commission to Review the Jan. 6th Attack on the Capitol ahead of an expected Vote next week.

The Bill would include an Equal Number of Democrats and Republicans, offering a chance to cap a lengthy Negotiation between Congressional Leaders.

“There has been a growing consensus that the January 6th attack is of a complexity and national significance that what we need [is] an independent commission to investigate,” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS, 2nd District) and Ranking Member John Katko (R-NY, 24th District) said in a Joint statement.

The Legislation would include 10 Members with Expertise in Law Enforcement and National Security Backgrounds, with each Party appointing Five Members.

It’s a Key Diversion from One of the earliest Proposals from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA, 12th District) that would have created an 11 Member Committee with Seven Members appointed by Democrats compared to just Four by Republicans.

It also addresses another prior Sticking Point by allowing Subpoenas when both the Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission Agree or by Vote of a Majority of the Commission’s Members.

Pelosi had previously sought to keep the Commission narrowly Focused on Events leading up to the Attack on Jan. 6th, while the GOP has pushed to cover Violent Protests in General, echoing previous Complaints about Black Lives Matter Protesters.

Still, the Deal has yet to Secure the Blessing of House Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, 23rd District), who told Reporters, early Friday, he had yet to fully Read the Legislation. “I haven't looked all the way through it,” he said, adding that the Commission would need a Wide-Ranging Ourview.

He also pointed to the recent Death of a Capitol Police Officer after a Man, who was also Killed in the Attack, rammed his car into a Capitol Barricade and exited with a knife. "We had an officer killed on Good Friday. If this commission is going to come forth to tell us how to protect this facility in the future you want to make sure that the scope that you can look at all that," McCarthy said.










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