A legislative dispute between Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership Elise Stefanik and Speaker Mike Johnson over a provision requiring congressional disclosure of FBI counterintelligence investigations into federal candidates ended in a reversal by Johnson after days of public criticism and intraparty pressure.

Over the past several days, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) launched a sustained and highly visible effort targeting House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), accusing him of blocking a surveillance oversight measure in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and siding with Democrats against key Republican priorities.

After multiple posts on social media and remarks in interviews alleging Johnson was undermining efforts to expose politicized intelligence practices, Stefanik anno

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