Full list: 93 bills sent to Hochul with decisions due next week
And Stefanik publicly accused House Speaker Mike Johnson of blocking a proposal she authored.
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In today’s CapCon:
Another 93 bills have made it to Hochul’s desk with a decision deadline of next Friday. Here’s the full list and some highlights.
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U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik is publicly feuding with House Speaker Mike Johnson, accusing him of ‘torpedoing the Republican agenda.’
New candidates for state comptroller and state attorney general announced their campaigns Tuesday in what’s becoming a crowded field.
Names in today’s CapCon: Elise Stefanik, Mike Johnson, Jamie Raskin, Kathy Hochul, Adam Bunkeddeko, Tom DiNapoli, Drew Warshaw, Raj Goyle, Letitia James, Michael Henry, Khurram Dara, Saritha Komatireddy
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💥 Stefanik takes on Mike Johnson and ‘the deep state’ over political probes
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik publicly accused U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday of working with Democrats to block a proposal she authored and then lying to reporters about it.
Their back-and-forth began on Monday, when Stefanik shamed Johnson in a social media post spurred by the conflict.
“Republicans have the House, Senate, and the White House, yet the deep state is alive and well with the speaker getting rolled by House Dems attempting to block my provision,” Stefanik wrote.
That provision would require the FBI to inform Congress when it opens investigations into candidates for federal office. It was inspired by the FBI’s probe of claims that President Donald J. Trump’s campaign had colluded with Russia in 2016.
Stefanik wants it included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, an appropriations bill expected to be approved by Congress in the coming weeks.
“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 Monday.
Johnson, Stefanik wrote, was blocking her proposal at the behest of U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland.
She stood by the claim in another post on social media Tuesday morning.
“I just walked out of a briefing on this issue this morning CONFIRMING everything I posted yesterday,” Stefanik wrote.
“That yes, in fact, the Speaker is blocking my provision to root out the illegal weaponization that led to Crossfire Hurricane, Arctic Frost, and more. He is siding with Jamie Raskin against Trump Republicans to block this provision to protect the deep state,” she continued.
About an hour later, Johnson stood with senior House Republicans — sans Stefanik, the chairwoman of House Republican leadership — for an event with reporters.
Johnson said he was confused by Stefanik’s posts and that her characterization of what happened wasn’t accurate.
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