Republicans demand equal representation on 1/6 Commission

[DonViejo]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Republican counterparts remain at odds over several issues, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks.

By HEATHER CAYGLE and KYLE CHENEY

02/22/2021 01:37 PM EST

Senior House lawmakers are battling over the contours of a panel inspired by the 9/11 Commission to investigate the deadly Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, with Republicans demanding equal representation.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Republican counterparts have already traded one offer each but still remain at odds over several issues including membership on the proposed commission, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks. Pelosi, who's vowed to quickly take up legislation creating the commission, proposed tilting the panel in favor of Democrats, with her party getting to pick seven of the members while Republican leaders choose four additional appointees.

But Republicans are insisting on an equal split — each party gets to appoint five members — in their counteroffer, sources told POLITICO.

In fact, members of the former 9/11 Commission cited that even partisan split as the reason for their success as they advised Pelosi on this year's insurrection commission. Their willingness to take bipartisan ownership of the direction of the investigation, without an edge for either party, helped ensure the commission’s credibility in the eyes of the public, they said. For a review of the Jan. 6 riot to be credible, the former commissioners said, it must similarly be seen as independent and unbiased, rather than a tool of either party.

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[drray23]

1. as long as they dont put clowns like Jim Jordan

or the like. We will know if the republicans are serious by whom they propose to sit in that commission.

[blm]

2. Trump's insurrectionists were 100% Republican representation

[MagickMuffin]

3. I'd say Speaker Pelosi go with your intuition

I don't think the American people will mind if it isn't balanced. The American people know that the republiqans are the reason for the insurrection.

We want the truth not a circus, we've had enough of that it is time to take things seriously as this case is.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. The idea of 'equal' representation

WOULD take away any crying that the RepubliQons would no doubt be doing regarding any findings that they don't like.
Why don't they select members by each side submitting a list of names that BOTH sides would agree upon. They can keep exchanging names until a full panel is agreed upon.

Then, get to work!

[NotAPuppet]

5. That might be be difficult

since some Republican House and Senate members should be testifying about their involvement in the riot.

[DFW]

6. That's like asking for Nazis to have equal representation among the judges at the Nuremberg trials

Permitting ANY of them on such a commission is a concession, as far as I'm concerned.

[dalton99a]

8. Precisely.

[11 Bravo]

9. That is such a spot-on analogy that I'm willing to temporarily suspend Godwin's Law.

[DFW]

11. I live in Germany

So I don't use it much, either.

[Midnight Writer]

7. Republicans will staff their picks with bad faith actors and nothing will get done.

Just like the Senate.

[lame54]

10. They are incapable of unbias