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
Congress staffers barricade a room after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.Photographer: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images
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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.