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Stenographer Starts Shouting During Debt Limit Vote

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A House staff member started yelling about the Freemasons in the midst of a crucial vote in Congress, Ben Jacobs reports.

A stenographer climbed the dais of the House of Representatives and started ranting in the last minutes of the House vote to end the government shutdown.

The House stenographer, who has been identified by other outlets as Dianne Reidy, “had kind of a crazed look” in her eyes according to Rep....

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