Finally, Peltola is sworn in for a full term in Congress

With the House organization underway, Peltola will soon get her committee assignments.

The mass swearing-in followed a four-day fight among Republicans over electing Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as speaker. It took 15 rounds of voting before McCarthy won over holdouts in his party.

Peltola, like all Democrats, voted all 15 times for Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. He’s now the House minority leader.During her three month tenure in the last Congress, Peltola served on the Natural Resources Committee and the Education and Labor Committee.Clocking out at 2:35am. Happy to have concluded the week having been sworn in. Onward!

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