Overview

• Grijalva, elected Sept. 23 to succeed her late father in Arizona’s 7th District, remains unsworn as Speaker Mike Johnson says the oath will occur when the House resumes regular session during the shutdown pause.
• Johnson previously administered oaths during a pro forma session for two Republican special-election winners in April, a precedent Democrats cite as they push for immediate action.
• House Democrats have tried on the floor to prompt her swearing-in during brief meetings, but presiding Republicans have declined to recognize those efforts.
• Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego confronted Johnson over the holdup, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries publicly called for an immediate oath.
• Her unsworn status prevents her from staffing and opening a district office, while her pledged signature would give Rep. Thomas Massie the 218th name on a discharge petition on Epstein records that Johnson says is unrelated to the timing.