周三，众议院批准了一项措施，成立了一个独立委员会调查此事1月6日国会大厦袭击一些普通的共和党人甚至与民主党人一起投票，无视警告反对这一努力的政党领导人。

该法案以252票对175票通过，35名共和党人投票支持民主党人。当众议院议长南希·佩洛西宣布总数并结束投票时，会议厅里响起了掌声。该法案现在将提交参议院，在那里它的命运不确定。

投票前，众议院民主党领导人辩称，他们已经向共和党人做出了几项让步，以达成妥协，佩洛西表示，共和党领导人在最后一刻提出了反对意见，因为他们“害怕真相”。

当被问及众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡和其他共和党人是否害怕被传唤到委员会作证时，佩洛西回答说:“你必须问他们害怕什么。但听起来他们害怕真相，这是最不幸的。但希望他们会习惯美国人民希望我们找到真相的想法。”

佩洛西断言:“我当然可以要求众议院举行听证会，大多数成员是民主党人，拥有充分的传唤权，议程由民主党人决定——但这不是我们选择的道路。”“我们希望美国人民对现有的产品有最大的信心。”

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众议院议长南希·佩洛西谈到即将通过的建立独立国家的立法

众议院国土安全委员会主席本尼·汤普森。他与纽约州众议员约翰·卡特科(John Katko)谈判了这项协议。他说，当加州众议员麦卡锡(McCarthy)告诉记者，他在协议宣布时没有看到该协议时，这是一个“震惊”。

汤普森在谈到谈判时说:“我们收到了他的回信，所以他并没有没有看到。”。“麦卡锡方面没有问题”，当他不断被卡托科和工作人员更新时，汤普森继续说，“但我想这是政治。”

在投票前的发言中，Katko说，“这是事实，不是党派政治。如果是关于党派政治，我们就不会走到这一步。”

“美国人民希望我们为了我们的国土安全而抛开党派偏见，”他补充说，称该协议“合理”、“无党派”，与他和其他31名众议院共和党人在1月6日袭击后几天提出的建立委员会的法案“几乎相同”。

共和党众议员弗雷德·厄普顿(Fred Upton)和彼得·梅耶尔(Peter Meijer)也支持弹劾特朗普，他们也表示支持该法案。

“如果我们避免面对几个月前在这里发生的事情，我们可以确保恐吓、胁迫和暴力将成为我们政治的一个决定性特征，”梅耶尔说。

厄普顿说:“我们需要答案，而不是政治辞令，这是这个两党委员会能够为我们所有人、为我们的国家提供的东西。”。“让真理照耀进来。”

参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔。周三上午，在告诉记者他对该计划尚未做出决定的一天后，他反对建立一个由五名共和党人和五名民主党人组成的小组的措施。

“经过仔细考虑，我决定反对众议院民主党人的倾斜和不平衡的提议，”他在地板上说。

周二，麦卡锡称该提议“可能适得其反”和“重复”，而共和党党鞭办公室史蒂夫·斯卡利斯，R-La。也批评了这项措施，建议共和党人反对。

华盛顿邮报通过盖蒂图像，文件

2021年5月14日，国会众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡在国会发表演讲。

纽约州参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)承诺将该法案付诸表决，但尚不清楚是否有10名共和党人支持该法案，并允许其在众议院通过。

在周二晚上的一份声明中，前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)将该计划称为“民主党陷阱”，尽管本月早些时候，佩洛西(Pelosi)代表汤普森(Thompson)在两党基础上完成了与共和党高级成员Katko的委员会谈判。

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共和党众议员约翰·卡特科在众议院国土安全委员会询问证人时说道

特朗普说:“共和党人必须变得更加强硬和聪明，停止被激进左翼利用。”

麦卡锡和其他对该计划表示谨慎的共和党人担心，该小组对1月6日国会大厦骚乱的调查将干扰正在进行的追捕进入国会大厦并与警察发生冲突的暴徒的执法努力，以及众议院和参议院的几个两党委员会的调查。

他们还呼吁扩大范围，从总体上审查"政治暴力"----指的是去年夏天全国各地种族正义示威浪潮中报告的抢劫事件----并批评了关于雇用委员会工作人员的提案中的措辞，该措辞反映了建立9/11委员会时使用的措辞。

“唐纳德·特朗普和支持他的人的政治迫害什么时候才能结束?”共和党众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林。在众议院发言反对该委员会。"我们应该成立一个委员会来研究暴力反法西斯和(黑人的命也是命)暴徒."

这项提议，像9/11委员会一样，需要民主党和共和党的主要成员同意才能发出任何传票。

“正如我们在9.11事件后所做的那样，是时候抛开党派政治，像美国人一样团结起来，共同追求真理和正义，”前新泽西州共和党州长汤姆·基恩和印第安纳州前民主党众议员李·汉密尔顿(Lee Hamilton)周三在一份声明中说，他曾担任9.11委员会的主席和副主席。

尽管许多众议院共和党人在周二晚上的投票中似乎举棋不定，但数十人可能会站在民主党一边通过该法案，包括两党问题解决者核心小组的成员，他们在周二晚上支持了这项措施。

“我不知道为什么他们不想让它更开放，”犹豫不决的众议员布雷特·格思里说。，告诉美国广播公司新闻。

“我很高兴阐明所有的事实和时间表，”共和党众议员唐·培根说，他计划投票支持这项措施。

1月6日暴乱后，众议院议员利兹·切尼(Liz Cheney)、共和党人罗永浩(R-Wyo)和其他支持特朗普第二次弹劾的共和党人也表示支持这项措施。

Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters，FILE

2021年5月13日，众议员利兹·切尼走过华盛顿的美国国会大厦。

切尼在反复谴责特朗普和他对2020年选举的毫无根据的评论后，被驱逐出众议院共和党领导层。上周五，切尼在接受美国广播公司新闻首席华盛顿记者乔纳森·卡尔(Jonathan Karl)采访时建议，鉴于麦卡锡在骚乱期间与特朗普的谈话，他应该在委员会作证。

据报道，根据华盛顿州众议员海梅·埃雷拉·比勒的一份声明，麦卡锡告诉特朗普在国会大厦暴乱期间取消他的支持者。，他引用了与麦卡锡的一段对话。

Herrera Beutler说，特朗普回答说:“‘好吧，凯文，我猜这些人比你更对选举不满。’“麦卡锡没有否认特朗普的言论，但在随后关于他们交换的采访中淡化了这些言论。

“我希望他不需要传票，但如果他被传唤，我不会感到惊讶，”切尼谈到麦卡锡时说。

麦卡锡周三在众议院对一些记者说，他“不担心”被传唤到任何委员会讨论他与特朗普的谈话。

就在对该委员会进行投票之际，一些共和党人试图将1月6日的暴力事件降至最低，并淡化这场导致数人死亡的骚乱，包括一名国会警察在与抗议者发生冲突后因自然原因死亡，以及一名暴徒在试图进入众议院时被枪杀。

汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-通过盖蒂影像公司点名，文件

众议员安德鲁·克莱德，从左上方数第三位，安全人员封锁了众议院会议厅a门

一些民主党人希望谴责共和党人对骚乱的评论，包括众议员安德鲁·克莱德(Andrew Clyde)。和亚利桑那州众议员保罗·戈萨尔(Paul Gosar)

周三，国会警察在一份声明中表示，该部门“不对立法采取立场”，此前民主党众议院办公室分发了他们所说的国会警察的一封匿名信，信中批评了共和党领导人对1月6日委员会提案的评论。

众议员杰米·拉斯金的办公室表示，这封信是由害怕报复的官员代表国会警察部队的40至50名成员给他们的——美国广播公司新闻无法立即核实这一说法。拉斯金的参谋长朱莉·塔根(Julie Tagen)周三下午将这封信分发给共和党和民主党参谋长的电子邮件列表。

House approves Jan. 6 commission bill

The House on Wednesday approved a measure creating an independent commission to investigate theJan. 6 Capitol attack, with some rank-and-file Republicans even voting with Democrats in defiance of their party leaders who warned against the effort.

The bill passed 252-175, with 35 Republicans voting with Democrats. There was applause in the chamber as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the totals and closed the vote. the measure now heads to the Senate, whereits fate is uncertain.

Ahead of the vote, House Democratic leaders argued that they had made several concessions to Republicans to reach a compromise, with Pelosi saying GOP leaders have raised last-minute objections because they're "afraid of the truth."

Asked if House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans are afraid of being subpoenaed to testify before a commission, Pelosi responded, "You have to ask them what they’re afraid of. But it sounds like they are afraid of the truth, and that’s most unfortunate. But hopefully they’ll get used to the idea that the American people want us to find the truth."

"I certainly could call for hearings in the House with a majority of members being Democrats, and full subpoena power, and the agenda being determined by Democrats -- but that’s not the path we have chosen to go," Pelosi asserted. "We wanted the American people to have the fullest confidence in the product that there is."

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who negotiated the agreement with Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., said it was a "shock" when McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters he hadn't seen the agreement when it was announced.

"We have letters from him responding to it, so it’s not like he hadn’t seen it," Thompson said of negotiations. "There were no issues" on McCarthy's part when he was constantly updated by Katko and staff, Thompson continued, "But I guess that's politics."

In floor remarks ahead of the vote, Katko said, "This is about facts, it's not about partisan politics. We would've not gotten to this point if it was about partisan politics."

"The American people expect us to put partisanship aside for the sake our homeland security," he added, calling the deal "reasonable," "nonpartisan" and "nearly identical" to the bill he and 31 other House Republicans introduced to establish a commission in the days after the Jan. 6 attack.

GOP Reps. Fred Upton and Peter Meijer who, like Katko, also supported Trump's impeachment, also spoke in favor of the bill.

"If we avoid confronting what happened here a few short months ago we can ensure that intimidation, coercion and violence will become a defining feature of our politics," Meijer said.

"We need the answers, not political rhetoric, which is what this bipartisan commission can provide for all of us, for our country," Upton said. "Let the truth shine in."

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Wednesday morning came out against the measure to create a panel of five Republican and five Democratic appointees, one day after telling reporters he was undecided on the plan.

"After careful consideration I’ve made the decision to oppose the House Democrats’ slanted and unbalanced proposal," he said on the floor.

On Tuesday, McCarthy called the proposal "potentially counterproductive" and "duplicative," while the office of GOP WhipSteve Scalise, R-La., who also criticized the measure, advised Republicans to oppose it.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has pledged to bring the measure to a vote, but it’s unclear if 10 Republicans will support the bill and allow it to advance through the chamber.

In a statement Tuesday evening, former President Donald Trump called the plan a "Democrat trap," even though earlier this month, Pelosi deputized Thompson to finalize negotiations on the commission with Katko, the GOP's ranking member, on a bipartisan basis.

"Republicans must get much tougher and much smarter, and stop being used by the Radical Left," Trump said.

McCarthy and other Republicans who expressed wariness about the plan worried that the panel’s inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot would interfere with ongoing law enforcement efforts to pursue rioters who entered the Capitol and clashed with police officers, as well as the several bipartisan committee investigations in the House and Senate.

They also called for an expanded scope to review "political violence" in general -- a reference to episodes of looting reported during the wave of racial justice demonstrations across the country last summer -- and criticized the language in the proposal regarding hiring of commission staff, which mirrors the language used to establish the 9/11 Commission.

"When will the witch hunt of Donald Trump and those who support him come to an end?" Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said on the House floor Tuesday in opposition to the commission. "We should have a commission to study the violent antifa and (Black Lives Matter) mobs."

The proposal, like the 9/11 Commission, would require agreement between the leading Democratic and Republican members to issue any subpoenas.

"As we did in the wake of Sept. 11, it's time to set aside partisan politics and come together as Americans in common pursuit of truth and justice," former New Jersey GOP Gov. Tom Kean, and former Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton of Indiana, who served as the chairman and vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, said in a statement Wednesday.

While many House Republicans appeared undecided on the vote Tuesday night, several dozen could side with Democrats to pass the bill, including members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, which endorsed the measure Tuesday night.

"I don’t know why they wouldn’t want to make it more open," undecided Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., told ABC News.

"I’m happy to put a light on all the facts and timelines," said Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who planned to vote for the measure.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and other Republicans who supported Trump’s second impeachment after the Jan. 6 riot signaled support for the measure as well.

Cheney, who was expelled from House GOP leadership after her repeated condemnations of Trump and his baseless comments about the 2020 election, suggested in an interview with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Friday that McCarthy ought to testify before the commission given his conversations with Trump during the riot.

McCarthy reportedly told Trump to call off his supporters during the riot at the Capitol, according to a statement from Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., who cited a conversation with McCarthy.

Herrera Beutler said Trump replied, "'Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.'" McCarthy did not deny Trump’s comments but downplayed them in a subsequent interview about their exchange.

"I would hope he doesn't require a subpoena, but I wouldn't be surprised if he were subpoenaed," Cheney said of McCarthy.

McCarthy told a few reporters off the House floor Wednesday that he has "no concern" about being subpoenaed to appear before any committee to discuss his conversations with Trump.

The vote on the commission comes as some Republicans have tried to minimize the violence on Jan. 6 and downplay the riot, which left several people dead, including a Capitol Police officer who died of natural causes after clashing with protesters, and one rioter who was fatally shot when trying to enter the House chamber.

Some Democrats want to censure the Republicans for their comments about the riot, including Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., who compared it to a tourist visit, and Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz.

On Wednesday, Capitol Police said in a statement that the department does "not take positions on legislation," after a Democratic House office distributed what they said was an anonymous letter from Capitol Police officers criticizing comments made by GOP leaders about the Jan. 6 commission proposal.

Rep. Jamie Raskin's office said the letter was given to them by officers who feared retribution, on behalf of 40 to 50 members of the Capitol Police force -- a claim ABC News could not immediately verify. Julie Tagen, Raskin's chief of staff, distributed the letter to an email list of Republican and Democratic chiefs of staff Wednesday afternoon.