China News Service, Washington, May 28 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The U.S. Senate voted on the establishment of an independent committee to investigate the Congressional riots on the 28th local time, but it failed to pass the vote.

  In the voting on that day, 54 votes were in favor and 35 votes were against. The affirmative votes did not reach 60 votes, and the bill failed to pass.

It is worth mentioning that 6 Republicans joined the Democratic camp and voted in favor, while 9 Republicans and 2 Democrats did not vote on the day.

  The bill aims to establish an independent committee to investigate the violent impact on Congress on January 6, and submit an investigation report before the end of this year, giving suggestions on strengthening Congress’ security to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

The bill had previously been voted through in the House of Representatives.

  After the vote, the Senate Majority Leader and Democrat Schumer said that the result of the vote showed that "the Republican Party has been completely surrounded by Trump's "big lie"."

  Earlier, Senate Minority Leader and Republican McConnell, who was open to the establishment of an independent investigative committee, began to express firm opposition to the proposal in recent days.

He said that the investigation committee may be used by the Democratic Party and is not conducive to the Republican Party's 2022 midterm elections.

  Republican Congressman Murkowski, who voted in favor, believes that it is more important to investigate the truth of the January 6 incident.

"We have a responsibility to investigate the truth of the incident, and we cannot pretend that nothing has happened."

  On January 6 this year, while the Congress was counting the electoral votes for the presidential election, supporters of former U.S. President Trump violently stormed Congress, killing at least five people.

This incident is the worst attack that Congress has suffered in 200 years.

  US media analysis believes that the vote on the establishment of an independent investigation committee is a test of the "Trump loyalty" of Republicans.

The results show that Trump still has a "strong influence" on the Republican Party.

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