The House on Monday defeated an effort by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to seat his preferred members for the select committee dedicated to …
The House on Monday defeated an effort by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to seat his preferred members for the select committee dedicated to investigating the Jan.6 attack on the Capitol. The mostly party-line vote of 218-197 comes a day before the panel’s first hearing with four police officers who will testify about their experiences defending the Capitol from the violent mob of former President Trump ‘s supporters. McCarthy is protesting Speaker Nancy Pelosi ‘s (D-Calif.) refusal to seat two of the Republicans he named to the panel — Reps. Jim Banks (Ind.) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) — over their attempts to cast doubt on the last year’s election results and the Jan.6 investigation, as well as their particularly close ties to Trump. The two-page resolution offered by McCarthy formally « condemns the refusal » of Pelosi to seat all five of his chosen members to the select committee and urges her to do so. « Speaker Pelosi’s refusal to seat all five Republican members directly harms the legitimacy, credibility and integrity of the proceedings of the select committee, » the resolution states. Pelosi did not object to seating McCarthy’s three other selected Republicans: Reps. Rodney Davis (Ill.), Kelly Armstrong (N.
