- The GOP on Friday blocked a bipartisan probe of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asked Republicans in the Senate to vote down the commission as a “personal favor.” [CNN / Jamie Gangel and Michael Warren]
- Lawmakers needed 60 votes to break a GOP-led filibuster, meaning 10 Republicans would have had to join with all 50 Democrats to advance the commission. They got six. [CNN / Alex Rogers, Manu Raju, and Ted Barrett]
- The vote failed despite efforts from the mother of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died in the fray. Gladys Sicknick ventured to the Capitol to try to sway Republican senators, but was unsuccessful. [CNN / Jamie Gangel]
- It’s an about-face. Republicans who previously criticized former President Donald Trump and demanded accountability for the insurrection are now against the commission. McConnell and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) say it would hurt politically and help Democrats. [AP / Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro]
- “I can't imagine anyone voting against establishing a commission on the greatest assault since the Civil War on the Capitol,” President Joe Biden said in Cleveland Thursday. [Reuters]
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