Did Kevin McCarthy vote the way they spoke on January 6 in January 2021?
Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Representative (R-CA-23) ·
…I think a fact finding commission and a censure resolution would be prudent.
Voted Nay, 19 May 2021
McCarthy said in January 2021 a fact-finding commission on January 6 would be prudent. In May he voted against a bipartisan commission bill that met his letter's terms on members and subpoenas, saying its scope ignored other political violence.
McCarthy said on the House floor that a fact-finding commission on the January 6 attack would be prudent, then voted against the bill creating a bipartisan commission, negotiated by the Republican he had tasked with the talks. The bill gave each party five commissioners and required bipartisan agreement or a majority vote for subpoenas, both of which his February letter had asked for. It limited the inquiry to the January 6 attack and its causes, and he said he opposed the bill because that scope did not examine other forms of political violence.
Said vs. voted · January 6
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Said one thing, voted another
What they said
- Date
- Where
- House floor speech during debate on the second impeachment of Donald Trump.
How they voted
- Date
- Measure
- H.R. 3233, National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act
- Question
- On Passage
- Vote
- Nay