10 things you need to know today: June 29, 2021

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1. Pelosi introduces proposal for select committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) introduced legislation seeking to establish a select committee to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. A vote is expected on Wednesday. Pelosi's office said she was considering picking a Republican among her eight appointees. Five other members would be chosen "after consultation with" House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). A month ago, Senate Republicans blocked a proposal to form an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the riot. The commission would have been modeled on the one that investigated the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Pelosi said in a statement Monday that Democrats "are determined to find the truth."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.