{"id":542652,"date":"2021-05-27T11:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T15:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=542652"},"modified":"2021-05-27T11:20:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T15:20:39","slug":"senate-republicans-poised-to-use-first-filibuster-of-bidens-presidency-kill-january-6-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-poised-to-use-first-filibuster-of-bidens-presidency-kill-january-6-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans Poised To Use First Filibuster Of Biden\u2019s Presidency, Kill January 6 Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-republicans-poised-to-use-first-filibuster-of-bidens-presidency-kill-january-6-commission%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=542652&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Republicans are set to use the first filibuster of President Joe Biden\u2019s term to kill a bipartisan bill establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Most Republicans in the chamber oppose the bill, which could be voted on as soon as Thursday. The bill would establish a 10-member, bipartisan commission into the Capitol riot, when pro-Trump rioters attempted to block Congress from certifying Biden\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/mitch-mcconnell-opposes-january-6-commission-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led the Republican opposition<\/a>, and called the bill \u201cslanted and unbalanced\u201d last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is, has been, and there will continue to be, no shortage of robust investigations by two separate branches of the federal government,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cIt\u2019s not at all clear what new facts our additional investigation, yet another commission, could actually lay on top of existing efforts by law enforcement and Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, however, have decried Republicans\u2019 opposition and the filibuster, which sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation to advance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a mob overtake the Capitol, and we can\u2019t get the Republicans to join us in making historic record of the event?\u201d asked Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the second in rank of his caucus, on the Senate floor. \u201cThat tells you what\u2019s wrong with the Senate and what\u2019s wrong with the filibuster.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/lawmakers-deal-bipartisan-9-11-style-commission-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Lawmakers Reach Deal On Bipartisan, 9\/11-Style Commission Into Capitol Riot)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7175992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7175992\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7175992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230457865-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation&#039;s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden&#039;s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Jon Cherry\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230457865-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1230457865-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230457865-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230457865-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230457865-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230457865-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7175992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Trump rioters in front of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Jon Cherry\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other Democrats have accused McConnell of prioritizing partisan politics over investigating an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/06\/trump-justifies-mob-violence-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unprecedented attack<\/a> that left multiple people dead and forced lawmakers to flee their respective chambers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no excuse for any Republican to vote against this commission since Democrats have agreed to everything they asked for,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaBashCNN\/status\/1397907836416499717\/photo\/1\">said<\/a> West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin. \u201cMcConnell has made this his political position, thinking it will help his 2022 elections. They do not believe in the truth will set you free, so they continue to live in fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the bill passed the House last week <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/9-11-commission-bennie-thompson-capitol-riot-john-katko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with the support of 35 Republicans<\/a>, just two Republican senators, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, have said that they would support the bill as written.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the perception is on the part of the public that the January 6 Commission just trying to get to the truth of what happened, and that Republicans would be seen as not wanting to let the truth come out,\u201d Romney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/26\/politics\/mitt-romney-republicans-blocking-january-6-commission\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told CNN<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that\u2019s what\u2019s the motivation but I think that\u2019s the perception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, however, is leading an amendment that would give Republicans more sway in appointing the commission\u2019s staff in an attempt to secure the additional support necessary for it to pass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the amendment is accepted, you have one set of potential persuadables, including me. If it\u2019s not accepted, then you have another set, a smaller set of persuadables,\u201d Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy told reporters Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>If signed into law, the commission would be required to report its findings to Congress by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans are set to use the first filibuster of President Joe Biden\u2019s term to kill a bipartisan bill establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack at the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313245,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230457865-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Republicans Poised To Use First Filibuster Of Biden\u2019s Presidency, Kill January 6 Commission","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230457865-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Senate Republicans Poised To Use First Filibuster Of Biden\u2019s Presidency, Kill January 6 Commission","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}