A leading House Democrat hammered Republicans on Monday for refusing to swear in a newly elected Democrat in Arizona, saying GOP leaders are terrified of staging a vote on Jeffrey Epstein.

“The bulls‑‑‑ continues,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) told reporters in the Capitol.

McGovern, the senior Democrat on the House Rules Committee, went to the chamber floor Monday afternoon during a routine pro forma session in an effort to extract a Republican commitment to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who won a special election in Arizona last month but has yet to be sworn in.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the chair of the Rules Committee, happened to be presiding over the House chamber during the brief pro forma session, which are customary procedures allowing one chamber to pause floor

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