 Republicans in the US Senate have drilled a bipartisan inquiry into a deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters, despite a torrent of criticism they were playing down the violence. Democrats and some moderate Republicans had called for a commission to probe the events leading up to, and January 6, when hundreds of supporters of Trump and Republicans stormed the Capitol fighting with police. The violence led five people dead, including a Capitol police officer. The measure failed by a vote of 54 to 35, short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation in the 100 member Senate. The 35 number of votes were all Republicans. An animus consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the motion to proceed to HR 3233, an act to establish the National Commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol complex and for other purposes shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. On this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 35, three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn. Not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The Republican minority just mounted a partisan filibuster against an independent commission to report on January 6. Both efforts should have moved forward in a solidly bipartisan way. But out of fear or fealty to Donald Trump, the Republican minority just prevented the American people from getting the full truth about January 6. The Republican minority just prevented the Senate from even debating the bill. No opportunity for amendments, no opportunity for debate. The Republican minority just prevented the Senate from getting the full truth about January 6.