Posted on 05/23/2021 1:50:09 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Sunday said she was "optimistic" Democrats and Republicans could reach a compromise on a bill to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol but that changes needed to be made to the House-passed legislation.
Collins told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" that she believed there would be enough Republican support for the bill to pass, despite opposition from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and others in GOP leadership.
"I'm optimistic that we can get past these issues based on recent conversations I've had with the Speaker of the House and the House majority leader," she said.
Collins said she wants to see two changes to the bill that passed the House last week with support from all Democrats and 35 Republicans. The House-passed bill calls for Democrats and Republicans to appoint an equal number of members to the commission, but Collins wants that bipartisanship to extend to commission staff as well. Staff should be either jointly appointed by both parties or staffed in equal numbers by both sides, she said.
The Maine Republican also said that she would want a guarantee that the commission's work would conclude before the end of the year, a sign Republicans are worried the commission could be used by Democrats to politically damage their foes should the probe stretch into 2022.
"I strongly support the creation of an independent commission. I believe there are many unanswered questions about the attacks on the Capitol on Jan. 6," Collins, one of seven GOP senators who voted to convict former President Trump in his impeachment trial, said.
Collins's comments come as some doubt remains as to whether Democrats could find the necessary 10 Republican defections required to pass the legislation, a prospect that grew less likely with McConnell's announcement of opposition last week.
"I've made the decision to oppose the House Democrats slanted and unbalanced proposal for another commission to study the events of Jan. 6," McConnell said Wednesday, adding that the decision came "after careful consideration.
Get Trump, Round 4.
Sickening.
This is just to make anonymously sourced headlines in the run-up to the 2022 elections.
Susan Collins has had one too many vaccines.
Collins is a fool.
Another witch hunt
Asshole
WHY do these poor excuses for human beings in congress WASTE the taxpayers money on this HORSE MANURE????
“Collins told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” that she believed there would be enough Republican support for the bill to pass”
There has always been some RINOs that have had hissy fits over almost every bill argued in Congre$$ but now with a 50/50 split their actions are helping destroy our Republic.
They would rather destroy the GOP and any chance of a majority, than have Trump allies taking seats next year.
” I believe there are many unanswered questions about the attacks on the Capitol on Jan. 6”
Yeah. Like how the Podhorzer conspiracy stole the election and then stymied every attempt to get to the bottom of The Big Steal leading to 900,000 or more people showing up in DC to demand the truth and the true President.
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When Trump was elected, the Republicans had the House, Senate and, of course, the DoJ / AG.
The Republicans promptly approved of all Mueller’s Investigations and off shoots, and they went before Cameras to lie and say they had seen classified things that buttressed the fake NYT’s stories and meant Mueller should be supported to hire more and pursue the family.
None of this was possible without the Republicans!
They undermined a Republican President voted by the people.
The GOP elected officials absolutely loathe Conservatives.
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Who will vote yes? Collins, Murkowski, Romney, Tomney, that is still only 4. Need 6 more.
Independent, my chapped @$$.
It’s totally designed to be a step on the path to criminalizing MAGA.
Or to quote Lurkinanloomin:
TransRepublican
I am so SICK of Sen. Collins I could just puke, except that Romney and Murkowski have emptied my guts
I remember people defending her for her vote against ACB to get reelected, when no Republican should vote against a Supreme Court Justice nominated by a President of their own Party.
There is no such thing as an independent commission created in Washington. The “Republicans” who choose the members would be Romney types. What a joke. How about arresting the lunatics who stole the election?
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