Schumer Sets Up Potential Vote on Jan. 6 Commission Bill

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) attends a Senate Administration and Rules Committee mark up business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 11, 2021. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) moved to set up a potential vote on the Democrat-led bill to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Schumer on the Senate floor on Tuesday night moved to file cloture on the motion on the Jan. 6 bill to set up a vote this week.