U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office said Friday that the ongoing government shutdown has prevented him from seating a newly elected member from southern Arizona.
Federal law states the Speaker of the House is in charge of swearing-in House members in the House chamber. If the member’s oath is delayed, he or she can be sworn in elsewhere by someone designated by the House speaker.
Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Arizona Attorney General Kristin Mayes sued the House of Representatives in federal court on Oct. 21, asking the court to bypass the House speaker and declare Grijalva a House member, once the oath is administered to her by anyone authorized to do so….
Arizona US Rep-Elect’s Swearing-in Delayed by Shutdown: House Speaker
