Senate Republicans Block Legislation to Create Jan. 6 Commission

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) (L) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speak to reporters outside the White House after a meeting with President Joe Biden in Washington on May 12, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Senate Republicans on Friday blocked advancing a House-passed bill that would form a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

Senators voted 54-35 on the measure, falling short of the 60-vote threshold to avoid a filibuster.