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.
Pierre Delecto Mitts all over himself to be First.
The UniParty is gearing up to somehow to try to thwart the coming revelations of massive, nationwide electoral fraud
with a manufactured insurrection that they will try to inflate beyond their coup and insurrection of 11/03
It’s gonna be awkward when somebody tells Mitt-For-Brains about the magnetic Capitol door locks...
Thank God, he did not become president.
Is The Siege over?
Excellent analysis Mo.
Also another witch hunt
One thing about Pierre Defecto.....he IS the consummate treasonous bastard, no matter what.
As if anyone with above two digit IQ gives a **** about RINOmney.
Mitt Jeffords
Hey Milt, how about a commission on the carnage over the summer of 2020 where over thirty people were killed.
How about a commission to look into the origin of the Kung Flu?
Cue the Captain Obvious meme.
Pierre Delecto steps in it again!! Thanks you dumbasses in Utah! You vote because someone has his magic underwear on! geesh.
He’s all for this being about Trump , Trump and Trump
Shocking. /s
Romney once again ingratiates himself with the Democrats. Always looking for recognition in the wrong places.
“Romney? He sucks! Bad!”
Obamaphone Lady, 2012. She was so very right.
We would have never heard the end of it. He's nothing more than a pompous opportunist, just like John Kerry.
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