The republicans filibustered the bill. So there wasn't 60 votes to advance the legislation.
The republicans succeeded in killing the legislation just like they do with all good legislation our nation needs so badly.
Most Americans know why the republicans don't want an investigation into their attack on our capitol last January.
This won't stop the investigations. All it does is prevent a bipartisan investigation.
Now, the democrats can and probably will set up their own investigations without republicans stopping it.
Bad choice. At least with the commission it was bipartisan. Now, republicans will have little if any say in the investigations.
Why is a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Riot "
good legislation that our nation needs so badly"? Have the pertinent
law enforcement agencies STOPPED investigating it or something? If not, why do the Congress Critters need to waste their time & OUR MONEY investigating it? Don't they have better things to do?
Let law enforcement do its job and refrain from politicizing this mess, we don't need another "Congressional Commission" aka GRANDSTANDING EXERCISE.
First of saying you don't want to politicize an instance where the former US president didn't want to accept election results to the point that he asked his supporters to stop the certification of that election is kind of disingenuous. This is NOT just a law enforcement issue. This is an inherently political issue too.
The political question is way more important IMO. How do you have a representative Democracy when one party of a binary election can simply say, "I lost legally so I feel within my rights to use extralegal means to remain in power?"
Even if it wouldn't be something that is strictly illegal, investigating the question and be forced to reckon with the answer is probably one of the most important things you can do.
The whole problem is I suspect, that having to reckon with that answer is something the GOP doesn't want to do because it would force them to take a position instead of straddling the fence in order to keep their caucus together.
Why is it “inherently a political issue” ? What Donny is accused of doing on Jan.6 (inciting a riot/insurrection) is a CRIME right?
We’ve already dealt with the political side of the equation in the manner mandated by the U.S.Constitution for a sitting President (impeachment) if there are further actions necessary they fall SOLELY in the realm of LAW ENFORCEMENT (principally the Justice Department).
What the Democrats are attempting to do is insert themselves into the realm of Law Enforcement, which from my perspective is likely because:
1. They want to use that heinous incident as a GRANDSTANDING exercise
2. They want to perform a de facto extension of the IMPEACHMENT PROCESS
The more this gets politicized the more likely the hands of LAW ENFORCEMENT will get restrained from seeing Justice Served.
The FBI is FAR more capable of investigating this than Congress Critters ever have been or ever will be, that is as long as politicians leave them alone and let them do their job.
