Senate Republicans Balk at Jan. 6 Panel, Setting Up Showdown
- Schumer vows to bring to bill to floor despite GOP opposition
- Collins drafts tweaks to plan in bid to win over Republicans
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed bipartisan efforts to set up an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, setting up a showdown with Democrats that could reverberate in the 2022 campaigns for Congress.
McConnell accused Democrats of trying to drag out a debate about former President Donald Trump’s role in the siege staged by his supporters as they try to hold control of the House and Senate in next year’s election.