Collins races to save Jan. 6 commission from filibuster [View all]
Source: Politico
Susan Collins is making a last-ditch attempt to broker a bipartisan compromise on the independent Jan. 6 commission, even as Republican leaders rush to quash the panel.
The moderate Mainer finished her revisions to the House-passed commission bill Wednesday afternoon, hoping to avoid a Republican filibuster that could occur as soon as Thursday. Collins made two key tweaks that she’s hoping can win some more Republican votes, although she faces a potential uphill battle with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
“I want to have a commission. The House bill needs to be improved. And one of the flaws of the House bill is that it has the chairman essentially appointing all of the staff,” Collins said. “For the commission to be successful it has to be nonpartisan and we know that if it’s stacked with partisan staff that it will get off to a bad start.”
She declined to say whether or not she can get nine more Republicans to go along with her — a necessity to pass the bill. But she did say she will vote this week to break a filibuster and that “most people that I talk to believe that this would improve the bill regardless of whether they’re for the commission or not.”
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