Pelosi has laid out four options on how to move forward after the commission bill’s failure in the Senate, but ruled out a presidential commission.
President Joe Biden has no plans to appoint a presidential commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol after Senate RepublicansWASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, with VicePresident Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the dais behind him on April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Psaki did not single out a favored option in her statement, instead saying Biden believes lawmakers must honor their oaths by “putting politics aside” and supporting a “full and transparent” probe.Top Democrats considered an independent commission – which would have been buttressed by both congressional appropriations and subpoena power, neither of which a presidential commission would have – to be the best way to get a full and comprehensive account of the attack. Still, Rep.
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