Sen. Kamala Harris' (D-Calif.) shaming didn't stop the
Senate Homeland Security Committee from voting to approve a subpoena in its investigation of Hunter Biden on Wednesday.The committee voted 8-7, along party lines, to subpoena Blue Star Strategies, a lobbying firm that worked with Ukrainian energy company Burisma when former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was on Burisma's board. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) was expected to potentially foil the Republicans' push, but ended up siding with his party with even after strong urging from Harris to "vote against this political sideshow.""There are literally matters of life or death waiting for our committee's attention," Harris said before Wednesday's vote, referring to the ongoing
Coronavirus pandemic. "But instead, this committee is doing the president's personal bidding." Harris then urged her fellow committee members to "vote against this political sideshow so we can focus on the pandemic that is threatening the lives and the livelihoods of the
American people."> Kamala Harris to
Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee: "There are literally matters of life and death waiting for our committee's attention, but instead this committee is doing the president's personal bidding ... I urge you to vote against this political sideshow." pic.twitter.com/Zy5Buah4NJ> > — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 20, 2020Wednesday's vote was part of the Senate's push to get back to priorities and investigations it suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic.More stories from theweek.com Is QAnon the newest American religion? Trump's lethal aversion to reading Trump says he took mask off at Ford plant because he 'didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it'