Congress is having a hard time agreeing on much of anything lately — including the routine swearing-in of its newest member.
The fight involves Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last week to succeed her father, former Natural Resources Chair Raúl Grijalva. He died in March.
Democrats want Adelita Grijalva sworn in as soon as Tuesday during a pro forma session, arguing that there is recent precedent for such a maneuver.
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Republican leaders say she’ll have to wait until the House is back in session — likely not until next week. The House was originally scheduled to be in Monday and Tuesday but canceled those plans last week.
