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Other Republicans eyeing Capitol riot committee, Pelosi says

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says there are other Republicans who have expressed interest in joining the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Pelosi barred two picks from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. As a result, McCarthy has threatened to pull all five of his selections and conduct a separate investigation. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports from Capitol Hill. Then, Nicholas Wu, a congressional reporter for Politico, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss that and more.

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Liz Cheney says she won't fight GOP's restrictive voting efforts

Congresswoman Liz Cheney says she will not help Democrats fight Republicans' recent push for new restrictive voting laws, after The Wyoming representative lost her House leadership position for speaking out against former President Trump's claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Politics and policy reporter Nick Reynolds of WyoFile.com spoke with Tanya Rivero about Cheney's future in Wyoming and the 2022 election.

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Republicans oust Cheney from House leadership

GOP lawmakers voted to oust Representative Liz Cheney from her position as chair of the House Republican Conference, the party's third-highest position in the House. Cheney, a staunch conservative, has repeatedly denounced Republicans' lies about the 2020 election and was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. CBSN Washington reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and Leslie Sanchez, a CBS News political analyst and a Republican strategist, spoke with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about what this means for the Republican Party.

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