“I mean, we don’t even have a government right now. What can we do about that? Not much.” Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva won the Arizona seventh Congressional district’s special election almost a month ago but still has not been sworn in by Speaker Mike Johnson due to a host of political factors beyond her control — including the continuing government shutdown and accusations she might trigger a controversial vote that House GOP leaders want to avoid. Because she has not been officially sw

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A mom and wife to an active service member lays into Speaker Mike Johnson about how the government shutdown is impacting her family: “My kids could die.”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Thursday referenced a call he took earlier in the day on C-SPAN’s morning call-in show, “Washington Journal,” in which a military mom pleaded with him to ensure active-duty troops receive pay during the shutdown. “I was on C-SPAN this morning, on that program they do in the morning where Americans citizens call in,” he said at a press conference at the Capitol. “One of the callers called in, and she was so upset. She’s a young military mother and she has two specia

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