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Today in the U.S. Senate:

Roll Call Vote 117th Congress – 1st Session
Vote Summary
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Motion to Proceed to H.R. 3233)
Vote Number: 218
Vote Date: May 28, 2021, 11:24 AM
Required For Majority: 3/5
Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Measure Number: H.R. 3233 (National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act )
Measure Title: A bill to establish the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 54
NAYs 35
Not Voting 11

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Blunt (R-MO), Not Voting

Hawley (R-MO), Nay

The coward:

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

The Fascist pig:

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

In protest:

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) [2019 file photo].

Elizabeth Warren @ewarren
The filibuster has got to go.
1:07 PM · May 28, 2021

Senator Cory Booker (D) [2019 file photo].

Cory Booker @CoryBooker
Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan commission to investigate the insurrection. Continuing to ignore facts and avoid pursuing the truth will do nothing to stop this from happening again.
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12:18 PM · May 28, 2021

Senator Bernie Sanders (I) [2016 file photo].

Bernie Sanders @SenSanders
It’s a painful day for American democracy that Republicans blocked the creation of a commission to investigate the Jan. 6th insurrection. I applaud the six Republicans who voted for the commission, but I am saddened that so many are too intimidated by Trump to do the right thing.
12:14 PM · May 28, 2021

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) [2019 file photo].

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand @gillibrandny
Filibustering a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly violence of January 6th is absolutely shameful. Every single one of us who works in the Capitol — from the Senators to the support staff to the Capitol Police officers — deserved better. We need accountability.
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1:00 PM · May 28, 2021

Get rid of the filibuster.

Previously:

Insurrection and Sedition (May 19, 2021)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): on the January 6 Commission – HR 3233 (May 19, 2021)