Ok - maybe it’s just me, but the Republican objection to the Jan 6 committee is just as silly as their objection to proxy voting in the House. Any idea what their specific objection to the Jan 6 committee is and why would they claim that it wasn’t constituted properly? Please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that as long as they can articulate some legislative purpose, Congress can investigate just about anything it wants, and can subpoena documents or testimony in the course of that investigation. What is the basis of the republican objection?
The basis of the GOP objection is obvious - they don't want an investigation. It's pretty hard to argue that Congress should not investigate an attack on the Capitol building. If you want to say there's no legislative purpose for this, then what was the legislative purpose of the Benghazi hearings? Congress can pretty much look at whatever it wants to look at.
I agree that it’s obvious the Republicans don’t want an investigation. I’m more curious as to their line of reasoning in attempting to thwart it. I’m an engineer, not a lawyer or politician, so my readings of the rules are not what you would call particularly nuanced. But it seems to me that the Jan 6 committee is just as reasonable and proper under the rules as proxy voting in the house, to the point where I think all of the recent challenges (to both) have been downright silly.
Ok - maybe it’s just me, but the Republican objection to the Jan 6 committee is just as silly as their objection to proxy voting in the House. Any idea what their specific objection to the Jan 6 committee is and why would they claim that it wasn’t constituted properly? Please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that as long as they can articulate some legislative purpose, Congress can investigate just about anything it wants, and can subpoena documents or testimony in the course of that investigation. What is the basis of the republican objection?
The basis of the GOP objection is obvious - they don't want an investigation. It's pretty hard to argue that Congress should not investigate an attack on the Capitol building. If you want to say there's no legislative purpose for this, then what was the legislative purpose of the Benghazi hearings? Congress can pretty much look at whatever it wants to look at.
I agree that it’s obvious the Republicans don’t want an investigation. I’m more curious as to their line of reasoning in attempting to thwart it. I’m an engineer, not a lawyer or politician, so my readings of the rules are not what you would call particularly nuanced. But it seems to me that the Jan 6 committee is just as reasonable and proper under the rules as proxy voting in the house, to the point where I think all of the recent challenges (to both) have been downright silly.