ToplineThe House of Representatives on Monday killed a resolution introduced by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy demanding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seat all five of his appointees to a select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill, in ... [+] Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2021. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting two Republicans tapped by McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) – the two Republicans Pelosi appointed to the panel – voting with Democrats to kill it. McCarthy plans to hold a press conference shortly before, with four House Republicans who have routinely downplayed the attack holding their own counter-programming event outside the Department of Justice.

Source: Forbes July 26, 2021 23:04 UTC