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05.21.09 -- 5:21PM

To help get around GOP obstruction tactics, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has hired a speed reader for his committee staff. The new hire put on a demonstration for committee members today.

In more substantive House news, Democrats blocked the GOP's cynical ploy to launch a House investigation of Nancy Pelosi for charging that the CIA lied to her.

And so it goes.

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