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House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to swear in the newly-elected Adelita Grijalva while the government is shut down, leaving the residents of her sprawling southern Arizona district without a vote in Congress — or help back home.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to swear in Grijalva, a Democrat, while the government is shut down, leaving the residents of her sprawling southern Arizona district without a vote in Congress — or help back home.

Grijalva would be the decisive 218th member to support a discharge petition and force a House vote on the Epstein files over the objections of Johnson and Trump.

Grijalva has asserted the delay is an attempt to block a vote on the Epstein files. Among her supporters, that’s a given.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPM
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    3 days ago

    Pretty interesting. I guess it depends in the end on what will be acceptable to the Congressional Budget Office. They hold the purse strings and a lot of the power in terms of actually providing services. Recognition by the house speaker would also be required for any votes.