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Several rifts have opened within the House GOP in recent weeks, with some Republicans taking issue with Speaker Mike Johnson over government spending, health care, and disputed provisions in bills such as the annual defense policy and a proposed ban on lawmakers trading stocks.
Stefanik accused Johnson of working at the behest of U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland who she said opposed her legislation. "Unless this provision is added back into the bill to prevent illegal political weaponization of the intelligence community in our elections, I am a HARD NO," Stefanik wrote.
Elise Stefanik, a GOP candidate for New York governor, told the Wall Street Journal that House Republicans have underperformed under Mike Johnson.
WASHINGTON—Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, a prominent ally of President Trump, criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson, calling him an ineffective leader who is losing control over the GOP conference headed into the midterm elections.
The heated exchange over an FBI oversight provision has spilled onto social media, with Johnson claiming he supports her measure while Stefanik insists he "torpedoed" it.
House Speaker Mike Johnson tells reporters Trump's R-word comment about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was 'probably a spontaneous one' he wouldn't use.
House Speaker Mike Johnson may have been looking for pity while lamenting his busy work schedule, but he became the butt of a joke instead. “I haven’t had a vacation day in two years. I haven’t been off in two years,