After more than a month, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will be sworn in on Wednesday. Her swearing-in ceremony has significant implications for a highly anticipated vote to compel the Department of Justice to release all remaining documentation pertaining to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Ep...
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    Former CNN, Fox News and MSNBC journalist David Shuster, who has been closely following Epstein-related developments in Washington, wrote Tuesday that official House rules stipulate that discharge petitions can’t be voted on until after seven legislative days which roll over after the speaker gavels the House back into session after an adjournment. And once those seven legislative days have passed, the speaker has a 48-hour window to schedule the vote.

    However, the approaching Thanksgiving recess means that the full floor vote on the Massie-Khanna discharge petition will have to be delayed a little longer. According to the 2025 House work calendar on House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) website, the House will not be in session after November 20. Lawmakers are not set to return to Washington D.C. until December 1.

    Feels like a lot of time for Don John to coerce some Rs to flip