Which senators supported a Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission

Peter W. Stevenson,

Adrian Blanco and

Daniela Santamariña

Updated May 28 at 2:01 p.m.Originally published May 21, 2021

A bill that would have created an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol failed in the Senate in a 54-35 vote Friday.

Six Republicans joined 48 Democrats in voting to advance the bill, while 35 Republicans voted against it and 11 senators, including two Democrats, didn’t vote. Sixty votes were required to move forward.

[GOP senators block Jan. 6 commission, likely ending bid for independent probe of Capitol riot]

Last week, the House voted to approve the bill, with all Democratic members and 35 Republicans supporting it.

In the Senate, Democrats needed the support of 10 Republicans to reach a final vote and avoid a possible filibuster. Below is a list of senators and their position on the commission.

Peter W. Stevenson Follow

Peter W. Stevenson writes The 5-Minute Fix newsletter and covers national and state politics for The Fix. He's been at The Post since 2015 and has been the senior political video producer since 2017. He was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for climate change coverage in 2020, and won two Edward R. Murrow awards in 2017.

Adrian Blanco Follow

Adrián Blanco Ramos is a graphic reporter in the graphics department at The Washington Post. He previously worked at Spanish newspaper El Confidencial focusing on data visualization, data analysis and investigative journalism. He participated in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalist’s Paradise Papers investigation.

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Daniela Santamariña is a graphics reporter for newsletters covering politics at The Washington Post. Before joining The Post in 2019, she was an editor for National Geographic.