WASHINGTON — House Republicans today will demand that a bipartisan panel investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claims that the CIA misled her in 2002 about whether waterboarding had been used against a terrorism suspect.

Senior Republican aides said the GOP would introduce a resolution calling for the probe. Under House rules, Pelosi would have two days to arrange for a vote on the measure.

Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami called the move a partisan ploy.

"This is partisan politics and an attempt by the Republicans to distract from the real issue of creating jobs and making progress on health care, energy and education," he said.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney waded into the debate in a speech today, saying members of Congress including Pelosi had been briefed on interrogation techniques used with suspected terrorists.

Pelosi told reporters this month that she had not been told that waterboarding had been used, even though it had been.

The head of the CIA has defended his agency. House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio has said Pelosi should back up her claims with evidence or retract her accusation.