Pelosi pushes ahead on Commission to study Capitol riot despite GOP opposition

The House speaker is pushing ahead with efforts to establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill, even after Republicans derailed a bill last week that would have launched such a probe. A final vote on the measure came up 54–35 in the Senate on Friday, with six Republicans joining Democrats in favor of creating what Dems have promised will be an “independent,” “bipartisan” commission to review the events that transpired on the Hill as Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential race. But just because the GOP blocked the bill in the…