A rhetorical battle has broken out between the Republican speaker of the House and a Republican congresswoman who is running in the gubernatorial election in New York.

Rep. Elise Stefanik accused Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana of lying about the process to include a provision in this year's defense policy bill.

'This is an easy one. This bill is DOA unless this provision gets added in as it was passed out of committee.'

Stefanik's proposal would require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to notify Congress when it opens an investigation into a candidate for federal office. She threatened to kill the National Defense Authorization Act if her demands aren't met.

"My provision will strengthen this accountability and transparency to deter this illegal weaponization and it passed out

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