Overview
- After a roughly 50-day delay, Speaker Mike Johnson administered Adelita Grijalva’s oath, a holdup Democrats called an abuse of power and Johnson attributed to the extended shutdown.
- With the 218th signature in place, the petition now ripens for seven legislative days before a required floor vote within two legislative days, positioning consideration for early December.
- All Democrats and four Republicans—Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace, and Marjorie Taylor Greene—have signed, even as the White House met with Boebert and President Trump urged Mace to withdraw, according to multiple reports.
- House Oversight Democrats released previously unseen emails from Epstein’s estate referencing President Trump, bolstering transparency demands from lawmakers and survivors who attended the swearing-in.
- Even if the House orders the release, the measure faces a difficult path in the Republican-controlled Senate and could still be vetoed by the president.