Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) now holds an odd record : she’s gone longer without being sworn in than any other incoming House member this century.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says he won’t allow her to take the oath until the House reconvenes — and the House, he insists, won’t reconvene until the government shutdown ends.

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