Grijalva Sues Congress as Johnson Delays Her House Swearing-In [View all]
Grijalva Sues Congress as Johnson Delays Her House Swearing-In
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Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva and the state of Arizona filed a lawsuit against the House Tuesday, as Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to allow her to be sworn in almost a month after she was elected to represent the state’s seventh district.
The suit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
Grijalva won a special election to replace her late father on Sept. 23, but won’t become a member of Congress until Johnson officially seats her. Grijalva will narrow the GOP’s House advantage to 219-214. She’ll also be the deciding 218th signature, forcing a vote to release files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, which Republican leadership and President Donald Trump oppose.
As Johnson keeps the House out of Washington amid a 21-day — and counting — government shutdown, he has refused to swear Grijalva in until the chamber returns to session. Grijalva and other Democrats say this denies Southern Arizonans the full congressional representation they’re entitled to.
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