WASHINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee on Friday reached an agreement on legislation to establish a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to review the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
"It is imperative that we seek the truth of what happened on January 6 with an independent, bipartisan 9/11-type Commission to examine and report upon the facts, causes and security relating to the terrorist mob attack," Pelosi said in a statement.
A House floor vote was expected as soon as next week, she said.
Under the agreement, the bill will call for an investigation into the riot and "the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police ... as well as the influencing factors that fomented such attack on American representative democracy."
The commission would include 10 members with expertise in law enforcement and national security backgrounds, with each party appointing five, according to a report by The Hill.
The deal has yet to secure the support of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who said early Friday he had yet to fully read the legislation which would need a wide-ranging purview, said the report.
The Jan. 6 riot interrupted Congress' electoral vote count of Biden's victory on Jan. 6, forcing a joint session of Congress into hiding while leaving five people dead, including a Capitol police officer.
The evenly split Senate in February acquitted Trump on one article of impeachment for inciting insurrection leading to the Capitol riot. Enditem
