House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced his opposition Tuesday to a bipartisan deal to establish an independent commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, in part because he said its scope should include other acts of political violence.
Even with his opposition, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is expected to have the votes Wednesday to pass the legislation, which was jointly introduced last week by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Rep. John Katko (N.Y.), the panel’s ranking Republican. The fate of the legislation is less clear in the evenly divided Senate.
Shortly after McCarthy’s announcement, the Biden administration said it supported the legislation, calling the attack “an unprecedented assault on our democracy, an effort to undo the will of the American people and threaten the peaceful transition of power.” It added in a statement that the nation deserves “a full and fair accounting” to prevent future violence and strengthen democratic institutions.
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