Posted on 05/24/2021 4:36:48 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Monday that he would support a House-passed bill to create a commission to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Romney’s comments make him the first GOP senator to say that they would vote for the bill, which needs the support of 10 Republicans to pass the Senate.
Asked how he would vote if Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) tries to start debate on the House bill, a move that requires 60 votes to defeat a filibuster, Romney told reporters, “I would support the bill.”
Romney wasn’t asked how he would vote on final passage of the House bill, where it would only need a simple majority. Spokespeople for Romney didn’t immediately respond to a question about if he would change his vote after helping defeat a GOP filibuster.
But Romney’s comments come as Schumer has vowed that he will bring the bill up for a vote, setting up what could be the first successful filibuster of the 117th Congress.
Schumer hasn’t said when he’ll bring the House bill up but characterized the timing on Monday as “very soon.”
But Democrats remain short of the votes needed to defeat a filibuster as GOP opposition to the House-passed bill as it’s currently drafted hardens.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) has previously told reporters that he was inclined to vote for it.
Meanwhile, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has started discussions with Democrats about potential amendments to the House bill.
All three voted to convict Trump earlier this year of inciting an insurrection, though they fell short of the number of votes needed to ultimately do so.
The two biggest sticking points for Republicans are concerns that Democrats would be able to control the staffing and that the commission would stretch into next year, though the bill contains an end-of-year cutoff.
Fine-who are the other 9? We know who he is so why show any anger on this site? All we need to know is who will ‘surprise’ us. If it’s Collins I’m ok. Murkowski would only make me laugh. Most of them who do will be up in 2026. as the big fella would say-don’t doubt me.
Ha!
He clearly does not know the GOP and Indy electorate, what we know about DJT's amazing successes and how he connected with us, and what a weaselly RINO (and financial pirate) we suspect Mr. Delecto to be.
Mister (that's an insult) Romney. Please run for POTUS in 2024. There are questions to which we'd love to hear your response, beginning with Bain Capital, but not ending there.
At all.
I can’t help but think that Romney is trying to position himself as the GOP nominee again in 2024. A sort of savior for the party.
“Who will rid me of this meddlesome Mormon?”
Sen. Pierre DeLecto wanting media love again. What a puke.
If I could predict lottery numbers, as I can predict magic underwear Romney’s political actions, I would be a very rich man.
romney is a small, wretched individual.
A communist traitor POS. What more can be said.
This POS and Cheney are two peas in a pod.
Hey Mitt, people booing you should send you a message. Run as a democrat if you want.
Remember Fox News and National Review wanted Mitt in the 2012 Primary.
I think Collins beat him...
He is a jack Mormon a/k/a a j@ck@$$ Mormon. As a friend in the faith told me “Ingratitude is NOT an LDS value.” Then, he added, “He’s no more a member of our faith than Joe Biden is a Catholic.”
Of course. What a prik Romney turned out to be. And to think I busted my anatomy campaigning for him in 2012, damn !
First sign of a liberal.
Love that gif.
Still stuck on stupid.
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