Witnesses say the woman seized a microphone and began yelling. House stenographer hauled out

A House floor stenographer was abruptly hauled out of the chamber after charging the dais and screaming during Wednesday’s late night vote on raising the debt ceiling and funding the federal government.

As the bill sailed toward final passage, the presiding lawmaker suddenly began pounding the gavel. Witnesses on the floor said the woman, identified as Dianne Reidy, seized a microphone and began yelling during the vote.


She was then removed from the chamber by floor staff and taken into an adjacent elevator. She continued yelling as she was taken away, saying phrases such as “you cannot serve two masters” and “he will not be mocked.”

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A spokesman for the U.S. Capitol Police said in an e-mail early Thursday that Reidy was being transported to a local hospital to be evaluated.

The incident stunned members and staffers on the floor, who had never seen anything like it.

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