Gabriella Muñoz

Nancy Pelosi rejects Trump offer for short-term deal to extend benefits

White House negotiators and congressional Democrats reported no progress Wednesday in talks for a new round of coronavirus relief, with Democratic leaders rejecting President Trump's offer of a short-term deal to extend federal unemployment benefits set to expire Friday.

July 29, 2020

Louie Gohmert tests positive for COVID-19: Report

Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday, making him the latest federal lawmaker to contract the virus and sparking a review of Capitol Hill's ability to stiff-arm the pathogen.

July 29, 2020

Donald Trump says he plans to ‘take care’ of people with expiring unemployment benefits

President Trump said Tuesday that negotiators will "take care" of people whose $600-a-week unemployment benefits expire this week, as the White House sought common ground with Democratic leaders on another trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package and conservatives braced for the president to pile on more election-year spending to record deficits with help mostly from Democrats.

July 28, 2020

Pelosi, Schumer slam GOP coronavirus proposal: ‘Catastrophe is looming’

Democratic leaders accused Senate Republicans Tuesday of "selling out" the American public with their coronavirus relief proposal.

July 28, 2020

Steny Hoyer hints at wiggle room for coronavirus relief talks: ‘It’s not $600 or bust’

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer criticized the GOP's coronavirus relief proposal as "inadequate" Tuesday morning, but he hinted there could be room for compromise on how Congress handles the boosted unemployment benefits.

July 28, 2020

Steven Mnuchin, Mark Meadows negotiate with Nancy Pelosi in coronavirus relief

The White House opened discussions with top congressional Democrats on Monday night aimed at closing a gap of more than $2 trillion in their competing coronavirus relief proposals, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissing Democrats' costlier plan as a "socialist manifesto."

July 27, 2020

John Lewis casket arrives at U.S. Capitol to lie in state in the Rotunda

The late Rep. John Lewis' passionate words -- his inspirational call for Americans to get into "good trouble," his lifelong demand that the country live up to its promise of equality -- echoed in the historic Capitol Rotunda one last time Monday.

July 27, 2020

Pelosi slams delayed GOP coronavirus relief plan: ‘Republicans want to pause again and go piecemeal’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized Senate Republicans' "piecemeal" coronavirus spending proposal Monday morning, blaming them for slow rolling Congress' response to continued economic hardship.

July 27, 2020

John Lewis to lie in state in U.S. Capitol on Monday

The late Rep. John Lewis will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced.

July 23, 2020

Mitch McConnell announces coronavirus relief deal with Trump

The White House and Senate Republicans leaders reached an agreement in principle Thursday for a fifth round of coronavirus relief, totaling about $1 trillion, including more direct payments to Americans and an extra $16 billion for testing.

July 23, 2020

Top Dems reject any partial deals on coronavirus relief: ‘We cannot piecemeal this’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Thursday they would not accept any partial extensions or attempt to break coronavirus relief into smaller packages.

July 23, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Ted Yoho’s apology: ‘Issue is not about one incident. It is cultural’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded on the House floor Thursday to Rep. Ted Yoho's comments about her, arguing the congressman's words were a part of a much larger pattern of harassment and language aimed at dehumanizing women in American society.

July 23, 2020

House Democrats to vote on removing Confederate statues, Justice Taney bust

The House moved to scrub the Capitol of statues of men who served the Confederacy and former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney by passing a bill Wednesday evening that would ban them from being on display.

July 22, 2020

Rep. Yoho apologizes for heated exchange with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez

Rep. Ted Yoho apologized to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the House floor Wednesday, while denying profane language was directed at the freshman congresswoman.

July 22, 2020

Capitol Hill negotiations over coronavirus relief bill intensify

America's children are the top priority in the next COVID-19 relief bill, Republicans said Tuesday, as the negotiations intensified in Congress and the battle over reopening schools spilled over into the halls of the Capitol.

July 21, 2020

Rand Paul blasts Senate GOP as new ‘Bernie bros’ for the large cost of latest COVID package

Sen. Rand Paul blasted his fellow Senate Republicans Tuesday for the hefty price tag for the next coronavirus relief package.

July 21, 2020

Matt Gaetz accuses Liz Cheney of working against Donald Trump, calls for her to step down

Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida on Tuesday accused House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney of trying to undermine President Trump and called for her to step down from GOP leadership.

July 21, 2020

Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Caucus chairman, hits ‘callous’ cutbacks to unemployment benefits

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday it would be "cruel-hearted and callous" to cut bolstered unemployment benefits as congressional leaders begin negotiating the fifth coronavirus package.

July 21, 2020

Ted Yoho calls Ocasio-Cortez ‘f—-ing bitch’

Things got personal on Capitol Hill this week after a GOP lawmaker told Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that attempting to attribute rising crime in New York City during the coronavirus to job losses and poverty is "disgusting."

July 21, 2020

Congress begins another round of negotiations over coronavirus relief bill

House and Senate leaders rolled up their sleeves Monday for bare-knuckle negotiations over another coronavirus relief bill, wrestling over unemployment benefits, money for child care, a payroll tax cut and business loans to keep workers on the job.

July 20, 2020