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Murkowski Declares ‘Something Bad Happened’ Ahead of Vote on Jan. 6 Commission

by Madison Summers
May 28, 2021 at 8:34 am
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) listens to testimony during the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response, in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2020. Toni L. Sandys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

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Most Republican lawmakers appear to be poised to block a House-passed bill to create an independent commission that would investigate the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) criticized those Republicans who oppose the creation of an independent commission. She told reporters on Thursday, “To be making a decision for the short-term political gain at the expense of understanding and acknowledging what was in front of us on January 6, I think we need to look at that critically.”

The Alaska lawmaker added, “Are we going to acknowledge that as a country that is based on these principles of democracy that we hold so dear and one of those is that we have free and elections and we respect the results of those elections and we allow for a peaceful transition of power — I kind of want that to work beyond just one election cycle.”

Murkowski also acknowledged that there is likely “some concern” among Republicans not wanting to “rock the boat” by supporting the bill and angering former President Donald Trump.

“Truth is hard stuff, but we’ve got a responsibility to it,” Murkowski said. “We just can’t pretend that nothing bad happened, or that people just got too excitable. Something bad happened. And it’s important to lay that out.” 

Murkowski is among the few Republican senators who support the bill. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) shared this week he would support a vote for the bill, and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has expressed support for a January 6 commission but with some modifications.

The House of Representatives passed the bill on May 19 with a 252-175 vote — 35 Republicans supported it.

Senate update: Key vote on Jan. 6 bill will spill into later Friday AM and potentially afternoon as some GOP senators delay final votes on China bill to raise concerns over the process. (Jan. 6 bill is next up). GOP sens now speaking on floor overnight

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 28, 2021

The Senate will then vote on final passage of the Endless Frontier Act. And then after that, the vote will be on whether to break a filibuster and take up the Jan. 6 bill. It’s unclear when that vote will occur, but either later Friday morning or afternoon

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 28, 2021

At 2:51am, Senate went into a short recess, with doors opening back up at 9am. There still will be four votes related to Endless Frontier Act and final passage before moving to Jan. 6 procedural vote. Timing uncertain because GOP can yield back debate time or run out clock

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 28, 2021

Murkowski previously said she believes Trump would “obviously” be “a very key individual” for a January 6 commission, as IJR previously reported.

At least 10 Republicans have to vote in favor of the bill to pass. A vote on the bill was delayed and could occur later Friday, with the timing uncertain.

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