Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has pledged to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) before the House votes on a bill to reopen the government .

Johnson has consistently stated he would swear Grijalva in when “ Democrats open the government,” breaking the record for the longest time between an election and swearing-in ceremony last month.

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Democrats have demanded Grijalva be sworn in, since her election in August, during pro forma sessions in the House, as Johnson has kept the lower chamber at home the entirety of the shutdown. Grijalva, along with the Arizona

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