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In the days immediately following the violent storming of the Capitol in January, Republican lawmakers came forward with an 

: Why not set up a bipartisan commission, similar to the 

, to sort through the facts and determine how such a chaotic event happened? 

But now it appears that type of investigation might not happen. A bill to establish such a commission 

 last week with support from every Democrat and 35 Republicans. GOP party leaders strongly oppose the bill, and most Republican senators said they will block it this week if Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer 

Thursday, host Kerri Miller examined the chances that the inquiry will still happen and what it says about America if it doesn’t. 

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The fate of a bipartisan investigation into the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 passed in the House but looks doomed to fail in the Senate. A historian and a political scientist discuss how the investigation fits into the current political climate.

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