Overview
- Speaker Mike Johnson told members to return to Washington and said the House will vote soon after the Senate passes its amended continuing resolution, with a formal 36-hour notice to follow.
- Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is traveling to Washington after hearing from Leader Hakeem Jeffries that she will be sworn in ahead of the government funding vote.
- Her swearing-in is expected to provide the 218th signature on a discharge petition to force a House vote to release Jeffrey Epstein–related files, according to Punchbowl News.
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued the House over the delay, which has been the longest in recent memory for a special-election winner and left roughly 813,000 residents without full constituent services.
- Johnson says he always planned to administer the oath when the House returned to full session, while Grijalva called the delay an abuse of power and criticized the Senate spending deal for omitting ACA subsidy extensions.