East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee will hold a panel discussion called “Reclaiming our Democracy,” to talk about the attack. She was among the California lawmakers forced to flee the House and Senate chambers, as they were trying to officially certify Joe Biden's election victory.
East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee was among the California lawmakers forced to flee the House and Senate chambers, as they were trying to officially certify Joe Biden's election victory.A deeply divided Congress is about to show the world a very unsettled view from the U.S. Capitol: Rather than a national crisis that pulls the country together, the deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021, only seems to have pushed lawmakers further apart.with a moment of silence.
Where they stand on remembrance can be largely attributed to their political party, a jarring discord that shows the country’s lawmakers remain strikingly at odds over how to unify a torn nation. It all sets Congress adrift toward a gravely uncertain future: Did Jan. 6 bring the end of one era or the start of a new one?
The aftermath of Jan. 6 hangs heavy over snow-covered Capitol Hill, in the relationships that deepened between lawmakers who feared for their lives that day and those that have frayed beyond repair.to most visitors in part because of the coronavirus pandemic public health concerns, but also because of the escalated number of violent threats against lawmakers.