Republican Senators Block Bill to Form Capitol
Riot Commission
National Review,
by
Caroline Downey
&
Brittany Bernstein
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
5/28/2021 1:20:51 PM
A bill to form a commission tasked with investigating the January 6 Capitol riot will not move forward after the measure failed to reach the 60 votes required to advance.
The legislation failed in a 54–35 vote as Senate Republicans used their filibuster power for the first time since President Biden took office. Just six Republicans voted to advance the bill: Senators Lisa Murkowksi of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Lousiania, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Mitt Romney of Utah and Rob Portman of Ohio.
The filibuster, once deployed, must garner the votes of 60 senators to end debate
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Dreadnought 5/28/2021 1:23:30 PM (No. 799334)
Thus it begins. Ol' Joe has 47 years of zero negotiating skills. Bluster is nothing.
21 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
less is more 5/28/2021 1:31:56 PM (No. 799340)
The usual suspects. The RHINO's so need to be primaried.
46 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
belwhatter 5/28/2021 2:03:30 PM (No. 799357)
Yippee, some good news for a change, agree, the useless mealy mouthy Rhinodems must go , forever.
16 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 5/28/2021 2:17:05 PM (No. 799366)
There was no riot. There should be no "commission" to create a false report that there was one when it DID NOT HAPPEN.
32 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 5/28/2021 2:18:23 PM (No. 799367)
How about an investigation of WHO murdered Ashli Babbitt?
Why isn't this killer in prison?
Pelosi's Thugs are not immune to the law.
36 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
rytwng 5/28/2021 2:27:11 PM (No. 799375)
How about a commission to investigate Pervert President Moron.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Delilah 5/28/2021 2:30:30 PM (No. 799378)
Good thing Portman is retiring. He'd never get re-elected here in Ohio.
22 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Luandir 5/28/2021 2:37:29 PM (No. 799388)
Primary the other five! The usual RINO turncoats.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 5/28/2021 2:39:33 PM (No. 799389)
We really need to get rid of Murkowksi of Alaska, Collins of Maine, Cassidy of Lousiania, Sasse of Nebraska, Romney of Utah and Portman of Ohio.
I'm so sick of their backstabbing. Evil, corrupt, lying....they are NOT Republicans.
27 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
KTWO 5/28/2021 2:44:47 PM (No. 799397)
Usually I endorse investigations and audits because more transparency will cause no harm.
But this time both the House and Senate already have committees which can investigate. Also the Capitol Police, DC Police, and DOJ have virtually unlimited powers to study the matter. Why form another group?
Any new Commission would be a DNC political mechanism to keep January 6th in the news
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 5/28/2021 2:46:57 PM (No. 799400)
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As for those 6 creeps who are “R” in name only..
Throw the bums OUT!
We need 6 Trump/DeSantis types to replace them..for starters
Mitch and McCarthy and Ryan gotta go too!
11 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 5/28/2021 3:12:05 PM (No. 799426)
Rino traitors, Murkowski, Collins, Cassidy, Sasse, Romney and Portman. are predictable. They should not be so predictable.
7 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
judy 5/28/2021 3:12:16 PM (No. 799427)
6 Fake republican senators who will never win another primary …,,
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
SALady 5/28/2021 3:41:50 PM (No. 799454)
The Demon-Rats seldom have traitors like this, because they really don't want their families to have to deal with their "unexpected suicides" (as far too often happens to Demon-Rats that either don't toe the Demon-Rat line or else cross the Clintons).
It's time for RINO Republi-Can'ts to at least have the certain knowledge that their political careers are over if they side with minions of Satan (Pelosi and Schumer). But, sadly, the Republi-Can't Party has become so infected with RINO-itis that they will still support and fund these Benedict Arnold traitors -- which is exactly why, after being a Republican over 60 years, I am now an independent conservative!!! I will support quality conservative candidates that run as Republicans, but never another penny to the Republi-Can't Party!!!!
3 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
downnout 5/28/2021 3:41:52 PM (No. 799455)
The usual Rinos, damn them.
2 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/28/2021 3:47:52 PM (No. 799460)
Another 9 Republicans did not vote. This is a very important issue. Why no vote?
7 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
bpl40 5/28/2021 3:55:38 PM (No. 799470)
Take their names. Its time to kick some a**.
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 5/28/2021 4:14:08 PM (No. 799483)
The only purpose of this commission is to get President Trump and his supporters.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
subman47 5/28/2021 4:17:30 PM (No. 799484)
The Gang of Six show their true colors. Why are these six people in the Republican Party?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
janjan 5/28/2021 4:29:46 PM (No. 799500)
Let's see. We are ignoring:
Ashli Babbitt's murder
Antifa
BLM
Election fraud
Hunter Biden
But by all means let's spend time and money on a witch hunt to further discredit and demonize Trump and his supporters for a protest at the Capital where a handful of people were out of control, some of which were not Trump supporters. Get over it Swamp Dwellers. We are on to you and our numbers are not getting smaller. This isn't about Trump. It's about YOU.
10 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 5/28/2021 4:40:22 PM (No. 799505)
Seems like more and more information is coming out that should give pause to any partisan commission, which looked more like a cover-up commission to protect the Speaker from explaining why she didn't act sooner, or alert agencies based on the intelligence that was coming in prior to Jan. 6th.
Believe the Capitol doors are electronically locked which means someone would have had to unlock the doors.
Believe few, if any, of those who entered the building had any weapons - a couple were found far outside the Capitol building - which puts a damper on the "armed insurrection" claims pushed by democrats.
Seems more video is also coming to light, which should be brought out into the open so everyone can see, and not have a partisan group providing only what they want people to see, or know.
5 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
starboard 5/28/2021 5:18:53 PM (No. 799521)
What about Pelosi's fingerprints all over Jan.6th and I wonder what happened to her laptop?
4 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
local500 5/28/2021 5:34:22 PM (No. 799524)
Give it couple of days or a week. The RINOs will side with the democrats.
2 people like this.
This was not a riot; it was not an insurrection, it wasn't an attack...Ultimately, Jan 6 was nothing more than an unscheduled, self-guided tour of the capitol building.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
ronbet 5/28/2021 6:24:45 PM (No. 799541)
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Thursday on CNN’s “Don Lemon Tonight” that congressional Democrats want to investigate former President Donald Trump’s connection to the Capitol riot because Trump needs to be considered “an absolute pariah in America.”
That's why Democrats want a "commission," to continue to bash Trump. And it's not so much all Democrats who conceived of this trap, no, it's Nancy Pelosi. She absolutely hates Trump to the point it has made her actually and factually crazy, a total nut job........ and dangerous to boot. That is why she tore up Trump's speech to Congress and the American people. That is why she instigated impeachment against Trump TWO times. Crazy is why she constantly talks about him in the worst ways. Her comments about Trump and her lies about him to the nation are largely responsible for the riots and division in the country. If she dropped dead tomorrow, the country would be so much better. Chances are would be forgotten in a week because she had served the Democrats cause well and had nothing more to offer. The way Democrats are forever blaming others for what they are doing or planning, she calls PRESIDENT Trump a mental case. Guess who the actual mental case is??? Nancy Pelosi.
Hopefully someone will toss a bucket of water on the _itch and end her rein of terror and control of OUR House of Representatives!!
6 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 5/28/2021 11:29:28 PM (No. 799678)
"six Republicans"
The usual group of RINO pukes that hate DJT
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