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And the House approved the commission to investigate the deadly siege.īut Senate Republicans on Thursday were ready to deploy the filibuster to block the commission, shattering chances for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault. The House last week narrowly approved $1.9 billion to bolster security at the Capitol, with Democrats pushing past Republican opposition to harden the complex with retractable fencing and a quick-response force.

Congressional leaders are fighting over security, money, leadership and staffing at the police force following the failure of the Capitol Police and other law enforcement agencies to prepare for and hold back the massive mob in the most violent domestic attack on Congress in history. The Capitol Police are caught in the middle of a political firestorm involving the lawmakers they are sworn to protect. “I'm usually staying in the background,” Gladys Sicknick said. She and his partner Sandra Garza made an extraordinary push Thursday with Republican lawmakers who are likely to vote down the creation of an independent commission to investigate the deadly siege by President Donald Trump’s supporters, meeting with several senators though the effort is likely doomed. “He just was doing his job and he got caught up. “He was just there for our country,” his mother Gladys said. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021.

Gladys Sicknick, mother of the late Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, arrives at the office of Sen.