'Take back your party' - Pelosi to GOP
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One in six Republicans defied party leaders' attempts to block the creation of a commission, after House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell worked to kill the bipartisan bill to establish the commission to investigate the violence that left five dead including a Capitol Police officer.
The bipartisan outcome could give Senate Republicans second thoughts about working to defeat the initiative.
In the 50-50 Senate - controlled by Democrats only because Vice President Kamala Harris can cast tie-breaking votes - Republicans can block the legislation. At least 60 votes are needed to advance most bills.
"I don't think that what we've heard from the Senate is so bad," Pelosi said at her weekly news conference, suggesting that she believed more Republican senators were open to voting to form the commission.
