More than a month after her election win, Johnson to finally swear in Grijalva

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Scripps News

Posted 11:57 AM, Nov 10, 2025 and last updated 12:21 PM, Nov 10, 2025


U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is expected to be sworn in this week, ahead of the House vote on a government funding bill, Scripps News has confirmed.

Grijalva won a special election in Arizona's 7th congressional district in late September, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to swear her in. He said it was due to the House not being in session, which has been prolonged due to the government shutdown.

Grijalva publicly pushed back, noting that the House often holds pro forma sessions during shutdowns, brief meetings that allow members to conduct procedural business even when regular legislative work is paused.

She and the Arizona attorney general also filed a lawsuit against the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to ensure she is sworn in.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/congress/more-than-a-month-after-her-election-win-johnson-to-finally-swear-in-grijalva

[rampartd]

1. i'll believe it when i see it

i am skeptical that the house will reconvene at all this year, and maybe next.

[NowsTheTime]

13. That's the very words that popped into my mind, and thern I started reading the comments!

[niyad]

17. EXACTLY my thought!

[malaise]

2. About effin time

Rec

[AnnaLee]

3. What changed?

Did he get a Republican or two to change their vote on Epstein?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. They haven't voted - the discharge petition forces a vote

They only needed 4 (R)s to sign it and just needed 1 more (D) that was one of the vacant seats (Grijalva).

Here is a link to who signed - Motion to Discharge a Committee from the Consideration of a Resolution

Here is the Resolution that they want discharged from Committee for a floor vote - H.Res.581 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to advance responsible policies.

The 4 (R)s who signed were -

Massie
MTG
Boebert (shocking)
Mace

[InstantGratification]

5. The shutdown deal is what changed

The Senate did NOT pass the bill that the House passed, they made changes as part of the deal. Now the House has to vote on the deal. If he doesn't call the House back into session, the shutdown continues and everyone will see why.

[flashman13]

8. I wouldn't that bet all the Repug House members will vote for the Senate bill.

[Diraven]

14. Did they make changes though?

The only things I'm seeing are handshake agreements to maybe do some things Democrats demanded later.

[InstantGratification]

19. Yes, changes were made

Can't remember them all, but one of them is that SNAP is fully funded through the entire fiscal year, not just to the end of the CR in January. I think military pay and ATC pay were as well. Those provisions most definitely were not in the original CR passed by the House. The handshake agreement part was the vote in the Senate on the ACA tax credits, Mike Johnson has already refused to commit to a vote in the House on that. We can see where that is going to lead.

[DallasNE]

9. It Probably Became Moot

"Former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger has defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the race for Virginia’s governorship, after a long campaign with no primaries. Spanberger will succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who was barred from running again by state term limits."

I'm not sure of the date she resigned, but if it is recent, then this would now be an open seat, so a trade would leave them still one vote short.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. "I'm not sure of the date she resigned, but if it is recent, then this would now be an open seat"

She didn't run for reelection to Congress in 2024, so she is not a factor.

Here is the list of names of those who signed the discharge petition - https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025090209

It includes 213 (D)s and 4 (R)s.

[DallasNE]

18. Thanks for clearing this up for me. Nt

[BumRushDaShow]

20. I sort of remember when that happened but needed to confirm myself.

I was concerned that we were losing members who wanted to run for state offices... and especially HER seat - which was VA-7, and was originally the notorious Eric Cantor's seat before he was primaried by someone worse - a teabagger loon!!

One of the Vindman twins - Eugene, won that seat in 2024!!

AP Race Call: Democrat Eugene Vindman wins election to U.S. House in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District

[BadgerKid]

6. Waiting to see if Ghislaine Maxwell is pardoned first. Nt

[Javaman]

7. Something is not right.

Just a feeling

[damifino10]

11. The PEOPLE HIRED HER

She should be paid. She does not work for Mike"little johnson" Johnson

[COL Mustard]

12. That noise I heard was...

Hell freezing over!

[iemanja]

15. Does that mean they can get the Epstein files now?

[oasis]

16. Mikey Mouse is not worth dogshit on a stick.