July 12, 2021
Will House GOP Leader McCarthy appoint members to Pelosi’s Jan 6 committee?
By David Zukerman
There is only one Republican on the House Select Committee on January 6, 2021: Rep. Liz Cheney. That Speaker Nancy Pelosi picked Cheney to be on this committee suggests, arguably, an infraction of House protocol. Typically, the Democrats on a committee are selected by the top House Democrat, in this case Speaker Pelosi, and the committee Republicans are chosen by the top House Republican, in this case Kevin McCarthy, House Republican leader. Two Republicans, of the 211 House Republicans voted to create this select committee: Cheney (R[?] WY.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL.). There are 220 Democrats in the House, and four vacancies, this 117th Congress.
Speaker Pelosi gave herself the power to name eight members of the select committee, with GOP leader McCarthy to name 5 members. The following are the speaker's other committee choices: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D. Miss), chair; Rep. Pete Aguilar (D.Ca.); Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D. Ca.); Rep. Elaine Luria (D.Va.); Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D. Fla.); Rep. Jamie Raskin (D.Md.); and Rep. Adam Schiff (D. Ca.). (Note the presence of three members from California among Pelosi's eight choices.)
Liz Cheney said the following, on being a Pelosi choice for the January 6 committee:
What happened on January 6th can never happen again. Those who are responsible for the attack need to be held accountable and this select committee will fulfill that responsibility in a professional, expeditious and non-partisan manner.
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