During a ceremonial
swearing-in of Rep.-elect Brenda
Jones, D-Mich., right, as John
Pitts, center, holds the Bible
on Capitol Hill in Washington,
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP
Photo/Susan Walsh)
Detroit
Council
President
Brenda
Jones
sworn
into
Congress
APNews.com
DETROIT
-
Detroit
City
Council
President
Brenda
Jones
has been
sworn in
to fill
Michigan’s
13th
District
House
seat,
but will
only
serve in
Congress
for a
few
weeks.
Jones
was
given
the oath
of
office
Thursday
after
leaders
in the
House
reached
a deal
on
seating
her
while
she
keeps
her job
in
Detroit.
Jones
will not
take a
city
salary
or
conduct
Detroit
city
business
while a
member
of
Congress.
Jones
won a
special
election
in
August
to
finish
former
Rep.
John
Conyers’
term,
but she
didn’t
win the
Democratic
primary
to run
for a
full
two-year
term.
Fellow
Democrat
Rashida
Tlaib
was
elected
to the
two-year
term and
will
start in
January.
Conyers
stepped
down
late
last
year
after
sexual
harassment
claims
by
former
staffers.