Full List of Republicans Who Wanted a Capitol Riot Investigation

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In May 2021, legislation that aimed to establish an independent commission to investigate the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021, failed to pass the Senate in a 54-35-11 vote after the House voted to advance the measure.

Now, more than a year after the independent commission was halted, a House committee formulated to investigate the Capitol attack will begin to present its findings in a live primetime broadcast scheduled for Thursday. The panel of two Republicans and seven Democrats will "provide the American people an initial summary of its findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power," according to a hearing description.

Despite the failure to establish the independent commission in the upper chamber of Congress, the prospect of such an initiative was enough to spur dozens of Republican lawmakers to side with their Democratic and independent colleagues across the aisle.

Republicans Who Want Capitol Riot Investigation — Although the Senate failed to pass a bill last year establishing an independent commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot, the effort was backed by dozens of GOP lawmakers along with their Democratic and... DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES

The full list of House Republicans who voted in favor of the January 6 commission is as follows: Don Bacon (NE); Cliff Bentz (OR); Stephanie Bice (OK); Liz Cheney (WY); John Curtis (UT); Rodney Davis (IL); Brian Fitzpatrick (PA); Jeff Fortenberry (NE); Andrew Garbarino (NY).

Carlos Gimenez (FL); Tony Gonzales (TX); Anthony Gonzalez (OH); Michael Guest (MS); Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA); French Hill (AR); Trey Hollingsworth (IN); Chris Jacobs (NY); Dusty Johnson (SD); David Joyce (OH); John Katko (NY).

Adam Kinzinger (IL); David McKinley (WV); Peter Meijer (MI); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA); Blake Moore (UT); Dan Newhouse (WA); Tom Reed (NY); Tom Rice (SC); Maria Salazar (FL); Mike Simpson (ID); Chris Smith (NJ); Van Taylor (TX); Fred Upton (MI); David Valadao (CA); and Steve Womack (AR).

The full list of Senate Republicans who voted in favor of the January 6 commission is as follows: Bill Cassidy (LA); Susan Collins (ME); Lisa Murkowski (AK); Rob Portman (OH); Mitt Romney (UT); and Ben Sasse (NE).

Some of these Republican members of Congress who backed the independent commission legislation have since resigned or announced that they will not be seeking re-election. Kinzinger and Gonzalez, for example, are both not seeking re-election, and Reed resigned last month after being accused of sexual misconduct.

Prior to his resignation, Reed had already announced plans to not seek re-election in 2022.

Two of the House Republicans, fierce Trump critics Cheney and Kinzinger, who voted in favor of establishing the independent commission, are among the House members on the Select Committee now investigating the Capitol riot.

The panel is chaired by Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi. The other six Democratic representatives on the committee are: Zoe Lofgren (CA); Elaine Luria (VA); Adam Schiff (CA); Pete Aguilar (CA); Stephanie Murphy (FL); and Jamie Raskin (MD).