Overview
- Speaker Mike Johnson’s office set Grijalva’s ceremonial oath for Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET (2 p.m. Arizona time) on the House floor, just before votes to reopen the government.
- Grijalva won a Sept. 23 special election but waited about seven weeks to be seated, a delay Democrats say denied representation to roughly 813,000 constituents.
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a federal lawsuit to compel the House to seat Grijalva, which remains on record even as the swearing-in is now scheduled.
- Johnson says he waited because the House was not in legislative session and cites precedent, and he rejects claims he delayed to block an Epstein-files vote.
- All Democrats and four Republicans have signed the petition for Epstein-related transparency, and Grijalva’s expected signature would reach the 218 threshold without affecting the funding vote math.