The latest member of Congress, Adelita Grijalva, arrived in Washington DC this week, hoping that the chairman of the house, Mike Johnson, officially sworn.
Two days later, she returned to her southern Arizona district, disappointed, if not a little confused. No swear ceremony was organized, which means that Democrat Grijalva, who easily won special elections last month, replacing his late Father Raúl M Grijalva, could not start his new job.
The status of the elected representative eater, the elected representative, had to be accompanied by the building of the Capitol, which she soon, like any other member of society, was together. Her name is on the door of the new office, but she has no keys.
“I want to get to work and I can’t,” said Grijalva.
She thinks she knows the reason why Johnson is in no hurry to administer oaths: in addition to the environmental accounts, public education, and other issues she agitated to decide, Grijalva plans to submit a final signature about a petition to vote on the law. Donald Trump.
“I can’t think of any other reason. It’s not like my majority changes are sworn,” she said.
The issue of the Epstein files for several months was the thorns at the President’s and his Allied Congress. Although Trump decided this as a “Democratic deception”, a small dissident Republican group joined the Democrats of all the House of Representatives to continue the legislative maneuver known as the petition to be issued. You just need 218 signatures of the legislators to make them successful and currently have 217 – Grijalva will be the last.
The petition is a rare case of Congress Republicans, which has given the short of what he wants since he returned to the White House. But even if it succeeds and the law adopts a home, it is unlikely to go far. The Senate Republican leaders have little interest in this issue, so it is hard to imagine that Trump signs a bill.
Another complication – both petition and Grijalva expect to take its place: the house was not a session all week. Last month, Johnson abandoned the planned working days that the Senate Democrats pressured to vote for the laws approved by the Chamber to finance the government and terminate the constant closure.
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Still, the house on Tuesday organized a three-and-a-half-minute procedural session-one Grijalva attended tens of Democrats, hoping to force Johnson to swear to her. Failed, though Johnson gave an oath to two republics who won a similar session in Florida earlier this year.
“It doesn’t make sense, why would I not swear at the same pace as it was?” Said Grijalva. “And what loses are voters who need Congress so they can work.”
Johnson’s spokesman pointed out his comments to signal that Grijalva would be sworn when the house returns to the session, but it would not happen until the funding is restored to the government.
“The palace will return to the session and do its job as soon as Chuck Schumer will allow us to renovate the government,” said Johnson today, referring to the highest Senate Democrat for the Republicans blame for funding.
Grijalva and his family planned to be again in Washington until Tuesday next week, hoping the house would return to work. On Friday afternoon, Johnson announced that she would take it all week.
“Now I have to change, blow up all the travel plans I have created for everyone,” she said. “So it’s frustrating.