Nancy Pelosi Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.Calif.), released Monday legislation to create a House select committee to investigate Jan. 6's siege of Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. This was after the May blockage of an independent investigation by Senate Republicans. The House will vote on the legislation Tuesday in a procedural vote.Pelosi stated in a statement that the Jan. 6 insurrection was "one our darkest days in nation's history." "The Select Committee will investigate the attack, report on its causes and make recommendations to prevent future attacks.The 13-member committee's subpoena power will allow it to issue interim reports while it investigates. Pelosi would nominate eight members, while the remaining five would be selected "after consultation with" Kevin McCarthy (R.Calif.). Pelosi is "considering including a Republican among her eight appointments on the Select Committee," an unidentified Pelosi aide said to reporters for multiple news agencies.Pelosi could have chosen a Republican, but speculation quickly turned to Rep. Liz Cheney (R.Wyo.). Rep. Adam Kinzinger, (R-Ill.), and Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), were both vocal critics for Trump's involvement in inciting the Capitol violence that would give a narrower 7-6 Democratic majority to the panel. Rep. John Katko (R.N.Y.), who helped to negotiate the bill for an independent commission, pulled himself out of the race Monday. He called Pelosi's alternative a “turbo-charged partisan exercise” and said he can "hardly imagine a scenario in which I would participate, if questioned."Katko was among 35 House Republicans that voted for the independent commission along with seven Senate Republicans.The Washington Post reports that "Republican legislators who voted against the establishment of an independent commission openly feared that its product might negatively impact the GOP's 2022 midterm elections cycle." "But the commission would've had a deadline at the end of the year to produce a document," The Washington Post reports. Plus, there is a partisan split. Trump's House select committee could continue to function well into 2022, making it even more politically harmful for his party.Continue the storyYou might also like7 hilarious cartoons that mock the Democratic Joe Manchin problemAccording to a poll, men are losing close friends at an alarming rate.Bernie Sanders wants to find out if a cannabis reporter is stoned right now
