(Harry Hamburg/AP)A House bill to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate allegations of Russian interference in last year’s presidential election has garnered its first Republican supporter. Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.) co-sponsored the Protecting Our Democracy Act on Thursday, a spokeswoman for Jones confirmed Friday. He joins every member of the House Democratic Caucus in co-sponsoring the bill, which would set up a 12-member panel evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans in both the House and Senate are now largely supportive of having the intelligence communities in each chamber investigate the matter. But Swalwell, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said Thursday that he had approached numerous House Republicans about joining the bill.

Source: Washington Post February 17, 2017 15:45 UTC