US House Voting to Investigate January 6 Attack on Capitol 

WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives is poised Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump as lawmakers were certifying that Democrat Joe Biden had defeated him in last November's election.  

The vote, formalizing creation of the committee that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced last week, is likely to occur almost entirely along party lines, with the slim Democratic House majority voting in favor and most Republicans against.  Under the House resolution creating the committee, it would include 13 members, eight of them appointed by Pelosi and five named by Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican minority leader, "in consultation" with Pelosi, meaning she could veto his selections. A Pelosi aide said she is considering naming a Republican among her eight selections.  But it remains unclear whether McCarthy plans to appoint any Republicans. He declined to answer questions about it on Tuesday, telling reporters, "The speaker has never talked to me about it."