{"id":5973,"date":"2025-10-08T16:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/us-house-gop-delays-seating-rep-elect-grijalva-potential-deciding-vote-on-epstein-petition-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:01:30","slug":"us-house-gop-delays-seating-rep-elect-grijalva-potential-deciding-vote-on-epstein-petition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/us-house-gop-delays-seating-rep-elect-grijalva-potential-deciding-vote-on-epstein-petition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gettyimages-2224659971-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Adelita Grijalva speaks to the media during a primary election-night party at El Casino Ballroom in South Tucson, Arizona, on July 15, 2025. Grijalva, the Pima County supervisor, won a special election for the state's 7th District seat vacated by the death of her father, longtime U.S. Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva. (Photo by Rebecca Noble\/Getty Images)\u00a0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adelita Grijalva speaks to the media during a primary election-night party at El Casino Ballroom in South Tucson, Arizona, on July 15, 2025. Grijalva, the Pima County supervisor, won a special election for the state&#8217;s 7th District seat vacated by the death of her father, longtime U.S. Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva. (Photo by Rebecca Noble\/Getty Images)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azmirror.com\/2025\/09\/24\/adelita-grijalva-wins-special-election-becoming-first-arizona-latina-in-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adelita Grijalva<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Johnson has said he\u2019s holding off on swearing in Grijalva \u2014 an Arizona Democrat elected in September to fill the seat of her father, Ra\u00fal Grijalva, who died in March \u2014 until he brings the House back into session, which he says will happen as soon as Senate Democrats vote to reopen the government.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But Democrats have accused Johnson of delaying Grijalva\u2019s swearing-in to stall a vote on the Department of Justice\u2019s release of files regarding the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Louisiana Republican has denied that accusation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Grijalva has vowed to be the 218th and final signature needed on a bipartisan petition to force a vote on the measure.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona led his Democratic colleagues in trying to gain recognition on the House floor to get Grijalva sworn in Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But GOP Rep. Russ Fulcher of Idaho, presiding over the House during its pro forma session, quickly gaveled out and did not recognize the Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Several Democratic House leaders joined Stanton on the floor, including Minority Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, the chair and vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Pete Aguilar and Ted Lieu of California, and Arizona\u2019s Rep. Yassamin Ansari, the Democratic freshman class president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThat\u2019s undemocratic,\u201d Stanton shouted after the group failed to be recognized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The attempt followed a similar failed effort by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMcGovern\/status\/1975339403892715779\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Jim McGovern<\/a> to be recognized in the House during its Monday pro forma session.<\/p>\n<h4>Johnson blames shutdown<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Johnson has received flak from Democrats for having sworn in two of his own party\u2019s members during a pro forma session earlier this year, including Reps. Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine of Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSpeaker Johnson needs to stop dragging his feet and follow the same precedent he set in swearing in his Republican colleagues earlier this year,\u201d Grijalva said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf he would simply give me a date and time, I will be there,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wednesday marked the eighth day of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/shutdown-day-eight-congress-standoff-unchanged-first-missed-federal-payday-nears\" target=\"_blank\">the government shutdown<\/a>, as dueling GOP and Democratic stopgap bills in the Senate failed to advance yet again.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe will swear in Rep.-Elect Grijalva as soon as the House returns to Session when Chuck Schumer, Mark Kelly and (Ruben) Gallego decide to open up the Government,\u201d a spokesperson for Johnson\u2019s office said Wednesday prior to Democrats\u2019 latest attempt, referencing the respective Senate minority leader from New York and Arizona\u2019s two Democratic senators.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt is custom practice in the House to swear in members when the chamber is in session,\u201d the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A day prior, Johnson had told reporters \u201cwe will swear her in when everybody gets back, it\u2019s a ceremonial duty,\u201d adding: \u201cLook, we\u2019ll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adelita Grijalva speaks to the media during a primary election-night party at El Casino Ballroom in South Tucson, Arizona, on July 15, 2025. 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