The US Government Shutdown is Set to End, Paving the Way for Release of Epstein Files
With the six-week government shutdown set to come to an end, lawmakers are returning to Washington and are expected to bring forward legislation that will allow more of the government's files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be released into the public domain.
The House is set to vote on a bill aimed at ending the government shutdown, which has seen no legislative action in over 50 days. The measure is expected to mark the first time since September that the House chamber will have been in session. Before the vote, the contentious issue of Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva's swearing-in ceremony is set to come up for debate. As the key vote needed to move forward legislation to release the Epstein files, Grijalva's participation has been a major point of contention.
According to sources, Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have been working on a discharge petition aimed at releasing the Epstein files, but they still need 218 signatures – with Grijalva set to provide that crucial vote. Once she gets sworn in and signs the petition, it will trigger a process to bring the measure for a vote in the House.
If the bill passes the House, it would then need to be voted on by the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump before the Epstein files are made public. The government shutdown's end could also help the House Oversight Committee, which has been receiving Epstein files from the Justice Department and making them public during the shutdown.
The use of a discharge petition allows legislation to bypass the traditional process of having to go through a committee before it can be brought to the full House. Once Grijalva becomes the 218th signatory on the petition, it will be placed on a discharge calendar for at least seven legislative days. After that period, she can notify the House of her intent to bring the motion to the floor, and Speaker Mike Johnson must schedule it for introduction within two legislative days.
The outcome is expected to be decided by early December, when the House returns from its Thanksgiving break. As lawmakers begin to return to work, it remains to be seen whether the Epstein files will finally see the light of day, giving the public a chance to scrutinize more of government's handling of the case.
With the six-week government shutdown set to come to an end, lawmakers are returning to Washington and are expected to bring forward legislation that will allow more of the government's files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be released into the public domain.
The House is set to vote on a bill aimed at ending the government shutdown, which has seen no legislative action in over 50 days. The measure is expected to mark the first time since September that the House chamber will have been in session. Before the vote, the contentious issue of Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva's swearing-in ceremony is set to come up for debate. As the key vote needed to move forward legislation to release the Epstein files, Grijalva's participation has been a major point of contention.
According to sources, Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have been working on a discharge petition aimed at releasing the Epstein files, but they still need 218 signatures – with Grijalva set to provide that crucial vote. Once she gets sworn in and signs the petition, it will trigger a process to bring the measure for a vote in the House.
If the bill passes the House, it would then need to be voted on by the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump before the Epstein files are made public. The government shutdown's end could also help the House Oversight Committee, which has been receiving Epstein files from the Justice Department and making them public during the shutdown.
The use of a discharge petition allows legislation to bypass the traditional process of having to go through a committee before it can be brought to the full House. Once Grijalva becomes the 218th signatory on the petition, it will be placed on a discharge calendar for at least seven legislative days. After that period, she can notify the House of her intent to bring the motion to the floor, and Speaker Mike Johnson must schedule it for introduction within two legislative days.
The outcome is expected to be decided by early December, when the House returns from its Thanksgiving break. As lawmakers begin to return to work, it remains to be seen whether the Epstein files will finally see the light of day, giving the public a chance to scrutinize more of government's handling of the case.
just hope those Epstein files get released soon, ppl deserve 2 know what's really going on behind closed doors 
so many questions still unanswered about what went down with that guy 
and btw why is it taking them this long 2 release the info?!? 
anyway, the fact that epstein's files are finally gonna be released is kinda the point here... we should've been seeing more of this info come to light sooner. and now it's almost like an afterthought? 
still, i guess it's a start, so let's just hope they do something with it instead of just letting it collect dust in some bureaucratic hole. 
I'm so done with this whole Epstein thing! Like, come on guys, get it together already 
. Six weeks in and still no action? It's like they're playing chicken or something 
. I mean, I get that there are some super sensitive files involved, but honestly, isn't transparency a good thing? 
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I mean, on one hand, it's about time we get some answers about what really went down with Epstein and how our government handled his case. All these years of secrecy is just not right, you know? 
It's like they're hiding something from us. But at the same time, can we trust that now that the files are gonna be released, it's gonna be a straightforward process and not some kind of watered-down version of the truth? 
I guess only time will tell...
The government shutdown was like a weight holding us back from getting any real answers about what went down with Epstein... and now that it's over 
I'm literally counting down the days until Dec 1st when this bill could actually be voted on. My anxiety is gone, but my excitement level just shot through the roof!!! 
Adelita Grijalva better get those signatures in ASAP or there's gonna be some serious drama going on... I mean, I'm all about justice and transparency but this whole thing has been so frustrating 
I need some credible sources on this, like actual documents or interviews from people involved. Can't just take a discharge petition at face value... where's the proof? 