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Adelita Grijalva can now finally call herself a member of Congress, after a 50-day delay.
On Wednesday, Grijalva was able to drop the “Rep.-elect” moniker that has preceded her name since she won a special election on Sept. 23 to succeed her father, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) in representing Arizona’s 7th district. The elder Grijalva passed away on March 13.
House Republicans dragged their feet on letting Grijalva officially join their ranks, using the government shutdown as an excuse. Grijalva and her supporters have openly speculated that the delay is driven by the fact that she would be the 218th vote in the House to vote to release the Epstein files.
With the support of all previously elected House Democrats and several Republicans, the petition was one signature short without Grijalva.
Grijalva was jubilant Wednesday, posting a link to the C-SPAN video feed and writing, “It’s finally happening!”
However, as several commentators have pointed out, the House discharge petition is not the final step for the release of the files. It would still need to pass the Senate — and get the signature of President Donald Trump.
“The White House has put a lot of stock in this discharge petition for reasons that are not entirely clear to me,” wrote Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman. “The Senate has to pass it — who knows if that will happen. The president has to sign it — he won’t. And if he vetoes, Congress almost certainly would not be able to override a veto.”
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