06/23/2021

Pelosi Considers Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack

Select committees are created by a resolution

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to announce this week whether she will create a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, her spokesperson tweeted. Several news outlets, including CBS News, initially reported that Pelosi had told some House Democrats that she would create a committee to investigate the attack, citing a source familiar with her comments.

This comes after Senate Republicans last month blocked what had been considered a bipartisan effort to create an independent 9/11-style commission.

The difference between an independent commission and a select committee is that Democrats will have control of the committee, although it will have the same party breakdown of members as an independent commission. Since they will have more members, Democrats will also control the subpoena power of the committee. Select committees are created by a resolution to conduct investigations or consider measures, usually on a specific topic.

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