Sunday shows - Pelosi signals Kinzinger's likely appointment to Jan. 6 panel

View in your browser     Pelosi signals Kinzinger's likely appointment to Jan. 6 panel By MYCHAEL SCHNELL    Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday signaled that she plans to appoint GOP Rep Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) to the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, saying on Sunday “you could say that’s the direction I would be going.” Pelosi told ABC’s “This Week” that she would not be making an announcement Sunday and that she needed to speak with Kinzinger, who has been outspoken in his criticism of former President Donald Trump. But she also said “that would be my plan” when she was asked by host George Stephanopoulos about appointing more Republicans to the panel.  Read the full story here     GOP lawmaker blocked from panel blames Pelosi for Jan. 6 'breakdown of security' By JOSEPH CHOI   Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), one of the two GOP lawmakers rejected by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) from serving on the Jan. 6 committee, accused the Speaker on Sunday of being responsible for the "breakdown of security" that day that led to a mob storming the Capitol. Read the full story here     Senate Republican: Jan. 6 investigation 'is politically to the advantage of Democrats' By MYCHAEL SCHNELL    Republican Sen. Pat Toomey (Pa.) said on Sunday that investigations into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are “politically to the advantage of Democrats to try to keep this issue in the forefront.” Read the full story here     Democratic negotiator: 'I believe we will' have infrastructure bill ready on Monday By JOSEPH CHOI   Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), a member of the bipartisan group of senators working on a massive infrastructure bill, on Sunday said he believes the legislation will be ready on Monday after it failed a first vote on the Senate floor last week. Read the full story here     Senate Republican 'not happy' with Pelosi plan to delay infrastructure vote By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   Republican Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio), the lead GOP negotiator on infrastructure, said on Sunday that he is “not happy” about Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) plan to delay a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure deal until a larger reconciliation package is passed. Read the full story here     Commerce secretary: We're 'very close' to passing bipartisan infrastructure bill By JOSEPH CHOI   "We're in the final strokes. We're in the final days. We're optimistic. We are all engaging daily multiple times a day with members of the Senate, and we're feeling really good about it," U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said. Read the full story here     Fauci says COVID-19 is now an 'outbreak among the unvaccinated' By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   “It’s really an outbreak among the unvaccinated. So this is an issue, predominantly among the unvaccinated, which is the reason why we're out there practically pleading with the unvaccinated people to go out and get vaccinated,” Anthony Fauci told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here     Fauci 'heartened' to see top Republicans encouraging vaccinations By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said on Sunday that he was “heartened” to see a number of top Republican officials encouraging vaccinations. Read the full story here     Arkansas governor says it's 'disappointing' vaccinations have become 'political' By CAROLINE VAKIL   Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) lamented that it was “disappointing” that politics played a role in whether or not people decided to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Read the full story here     Most Americans pessimistic about next 12 months: poll By DOMINICK MASTRANGELO   More than half of those surveyed in the ABC News/Ipsos poll published Sunday, or 55 percent, said they are pessimistic about the direction of the country. In May, 36 percent indicated the same thing. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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