{"id":2517094,"date":"2025-12-03T14:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-elise-stefanik-gets-what-she-wanted-out-of-heated-battle-with-mike-johnson-after-trump-intervenes\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:00:20","slug":"rep-elise-stefanik-gets-what-she-wanted-out-of-heated-battle-with-mike-johnson-after-trump-intervenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-elise-stefanik-gets-what-she-wanted-out-of-heated-battle-with-mike-johnson-after-trump-intervenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Elise Stefanik Gets What She Wanted Out of Heated Battle with Mike Johnson After Trump Intervenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-elise-stefanik-gets-what-she-wanted-out-of-heated-battle-with-mike-johnson-after-trump-intervenes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2517094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A major dispute within the Republican-controlled house appears to be resolving after President Donald Trump intervened. New York Republican Rep.Elise stefanik sparked controversy by accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of lying about her and collaborating wiht Democrats to block her measure aimed at curbing FBI abuses in investigating political candidates. Though, after discussions with Trump and Johnson, Stefanik announced that her provision requiring Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-omar-act-seeks-to-stop-lawmakers-from-enriching-spouses\/\" title=\"...ublicans\u2019 \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 Seeks To Stop Lawmakers From Enriching Spouses\">federal candidates<\/a> will be included in the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act. The reconciliation prevents a damaging rift among House Republicans, especially notable given their slim majority.Stefanik, a rising GOP figure and potential New York gubernatorial candidate, declared the advancement a legislative victory against &#8220;deep state&#8221; abuses but indicated more work remains to be done.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A high-level rift in the Republican-controlled House appears to be healing &mdash; but it took President Donald Trump to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-elise-stefanik-says-caught-mike-johnson-telling-lies-secretly-siding-jamie-raskin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an uproar this week<\/a> with a pair of social media posts <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1995596731543671069?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1995596731543671069%7Ctwgr%5E32efb0cd6f9ab0c2606b14a81ba43d7073da903e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2Fgop-rep-elise-stefanik-says-caught-mike-johnson-telling-lies-secretly-siding-jamie-raskin%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monday<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1995856738994565416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuesday<\/a>, accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of telling &ldquo;lies&rdquo; about her and working with Democrats to kill a measure she introduced to curb FBI abuses of its powers to investigate political candidates.<\/p>\n<p>By Wednesday, Stefanik was singing a different tune.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great news!<\/p>\n<p>After a productive discussion I had last night with President Trump and Speaker Johnson, the provision requiring Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-blasts-johnson-gop-as-getting-rolled-by-house-democrats\/\" title=\"... blasts ..., GOP as \u2018getting rolled\u2019 by ... Democrats\">federal candidates seeking office<\/a> will be included&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1996192878834454529?\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Her provision, already included in the Intelligence Authorization Act that passed the House in September, will be included in the National Defense Authorization Act when the two bills are attached, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5631500-defense-bill-counterintelligence-clause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media platform<\/a> X, where she has almost 650,000 followers, Stefanik announced what she called &ldquo;great news.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After a productive discussion I had last night with President Trump and Speaker Johnson, the provision requiring Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and federal candidates seeking office will be included in the IAA\/NDAA bill on the floor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When the affair blew up on Tuesday, Johnson appeared to have been blindsided.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Sherman, founder of the news outlet Punchbowl News, published an X post with Johnson&rsquo;s comments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JOHNSON on Stefanik:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All of that is false. I don&rsquo;t exactly know why Elise won&rsquo;t just call me. I texted her yesterday. She&rsquo;s upset one of her provisions is not being made, I think, into the NDAA&hellip;. As soon as I heard this yesterday, I was campaigning in Tennessee, and I wrote&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EfvRoarJ4o\">https:\/\/t.co\/EfvRoarJ4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1995884917339697608?\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As soon as I heard this yesterday, I was campaigning in Tennessee, and I wrote her and said, What are you talking about? This hasn&rsquo;t even made it to my level,&rdquo; Johnson said, according to Sherman.<\/p>\n<p>As for Tuesday&rsquo;s conversation involving Stefanik and the White House, Johnson&rsquo;s office declined to comment on the contents of a private phone call, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/12\/03\/congress\/elise-stefanik-mike-johnson-ndaa-00674161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the apparent truce, engineered with Trump&rsquo;s intervention, puts a lid for now on what could have been an embarrassing rupture among House Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik is a rising star in the party who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-trump-pulls-stefanik-nomination-painful-strategic-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very nearly Trump&rsquo;s nominee<\/a> to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>As the leading candidate for the Republican nominee in next year&rsquo;s race for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-elise-stefanik-launches-challenge-worst-governor-america-kathy-hochul-polling-shows-upset-potential\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">governor of New York<\/a>, her already-high profile was likely only going to grow.<\/p>\n<p>With Johnson holding the speaker&rsquo;s gavel only by virtue of the Republicans&rsquo; razor-thin majority in the House, a dispute with Stefanik was something neither he nor his party could afford.<\/p>\n<p>And for Republicans nationally &mdash; with memories of the FBI&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kash-patel-uncovers-burn-bags-full-trump-documents-secret-room-fbi-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crossfire Hurricane<\/a>&rdquo; investigation into the 2016 campaign and the bureau&rsquo;s &ldquo;Arctic Frost&rdquo; investigation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/funding-bill-includes-provision-will-allow-8-senate-republicans-get-revenge-arctic-frost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cast a wide net<\/a> over Trump supporters following the 2020 election &mdash; the idea of a Republican House speaker siding against attempts to limit political abuses would not sit well.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik wasn&rsquo;t shy about declaring victory Wednesday, but also signaled that she wasn&rsquo;t finished yet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a significant legislative win delivered against the illegal weaponization of the deep state,&rdquo; her post said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And, of course, while this is an important step, there is so much more work to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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