Frustrated Arizonans have waited more than a month for their new congresswoman to be seated | CNN Politics
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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.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
    141·
    2 days ago

    Katie Hobbs is a DINO; she’ll just roll over and do what the republicans want. She signed the porn ID bill into law FFS.

    • invertedspear@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Nah, she’s exactly what we can expect from Dems. She’s not progressive, but other than the ID thing, she’s got a pretty good track record. Even that was a lost cause but I would have rather her not roll over. Anyway, she’s not perfect but a hell of a lot better than where we’re be if Lake won.