WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWNY) - Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is running for New York governor, but is also mixing it up with a senior member of her own party.

Stefanik was critical of House Speaker Mike Johnson for initially not putting a provision she wanted in a bill authorizing defense spending.

That provision would require that Congress be notified of counterintelligence investigations into federal candidates.

Her criticism prompted this response from Johnson: “I don’t exactly know why Elise won’t just call me. I texted her yesterday. Um, she’s upset one of her provisions is not being made, I think, into the NDAA. Uh, I explained to her on a text message, uh, as soon as I heard this yesterday, I was campaigning in Tennessee, and I wrote her, and I said, ‘What are you talking about? This h

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