City’s two Congressmen split on Capitol insurrection commission
Rep. Benny Thompson, D-Mississippi (right), talks to reporters about the proposed independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol complex, a proposal that passed the U.S. House of Representatives May 19. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California stands at left. (Susan Walsh/AP)
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen voted for the bipartisan panel while U.S. Rep. David Kustoff voted against the investigation. The measure passed the House with 35 Republicans voting with the Democratic majority, none of them from Tennessee.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.