The must-pass legislation will test Johnson’s ability to command and cajole his conference with must-pass legislation at stake.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that he would run again to lead the House next Congress, downplaying dissent from fellow MAGA congresswomen.

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is imploring his fellow Republicans to stop venting their frustrations in public and bring their complaints to him directly. “They’re going to get upset about things.

Rep. Elise Stefanik is accusing Speaker Mike Johnson of siding with Democrats over Republicans on the annual defense policy bill in a major rift between House GOP leaders.

S everal rifts have opened within the House GOP in recent weeks, with some Republicans taking issue with Speaker Mike Johnson over government spending, health care, and disputed provisions in bills such as the annual defense policy and a proposed ban on lawmakers trading stocks.

GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik wants to include a provision to require the FBI to notify Congress when it opens counterintelligence probes into federal election candidates.

Elise Stefanik, a GOP candidate for New York governor, told the Wall Street Journal that House Republicans have underperformed under Mike Johnson.

Representative Elise Stefanik, a New York lawmaker who serves as chairwoman of House Republican Leadership, blasted House Speaker Mike Johnson, accusing him of siding with a prominent critic of President Donald Trump against legislation she is pushing.

A small group of G.O.P. women have been among the most vocal in raising what their colleagues say is a broader frustration with the speaker.

Cracks inside the GOP conference were stark this week as a member of Johnson’s own leadership team openly accused him of lying, rank-and-file Republicans acted unilaterally to force votes and a leadership-backed bill faltered. It's all underscored by growing worries that the party is on a path towards losing the majority next year.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the chair of House Republican Leadership, became the latest to offer her sharpest criticism yet of the GOP leader on Wednesday, describing Johnson as an ineffective leader who is losing control of his conference in an interview released by The Wall Street Journal.