WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two moderate U.S. Senate Democrats, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, on Tuesday urged Republicans to work with them to find a way to create a bipartisan commission to probe the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, has said the Senate will take up legislation to create such a commission very soon. But the bill’s fate is uncertain as it faces steep Republican opposition.
A measure to establish the commission passed https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-set-vote-commission-probe-deadly-jan-6-capitol-attack-2021-05-19 theDemocratic-controlled House of Representatives last week withsupport from 35 Republicans, who defied their party’s leadership in joining the call for a bipartisan probe into the violence by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
(Reporting by Susan CornwellEditing by Chris Reese and Howard Goller)
