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I was elected 6 weeks ago. Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear me in. (www.usatoday.com)
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Six weeks ago, I was elected to Congress. I'm still waiting to be sworn in.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recess of the U.S. House of Representatives during a time of grave national crises is shockingly irresponsible. House Republicans have been on vacation for six weeks while our economy crumbles, federal workers go without paychecks, health care premiums skyrocket and funding for food stamps dwindles. This is negligent and cruel.

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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (9 children)

“At the first session of Congress after every general election of Representatives, the oath of office shall be administered by any Member of the House of Representatives to the Speaker.”

2 U.S. Code § 25

“Shall” meaning it’s a requirement.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Then why hasn’t it been enforced?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There's a legal challenge in the works right now. The system takes time and humans need to do things like sleep and eat.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Congress hasn’t been in session yet. That’s the loophole. It’s stil. “Legal”

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Which is why I said “enforceable”.

    Like Trump leaving the FEC without a quorum so it can’t enforce election laws. There’s nothing forcing him to appoint anybody. So he leaves it vacant and none of the laws the FEC is responsible for enforcing can be enforced. They’re as good as non existent.

    Same with this. There’s no mechanism forcing this guy from swearing in the congressman.

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