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Gabriella Muñoz

gmunoz@washingtontimes.com

Gabriella Muñoz was a political reporter for the Washington Times.

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., responds to a question about a funding bill to fight the coronavirus outbreak, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Spending deal reached on emergency coronavirus funds

Congressional leaders raced to approve a roughly $8 billion package to combat the coronavirus Wednesday, as the U.S. death toll climbed to 11 and Vice President Mike Pence announced plans to visit the center of the crisis in Washington state.

March 4, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrives to speak during a primary night election rally in Essex Junction, Vt., Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

House Democrats bury Bernie Sanders’ agenda

Sen. Bernard Sanders says he is building a nationwide movement of people who back free college and government-run health care -- but the wave skipped the House, where Democratic Party leaders hope to prevent his plans from seeing daylight.

March 4, 2020
A man wearing a mask and goggles rides his bike out of the parking lot at the Life Care Center is shown in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The facility has been tied to several confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Congress deal on coronavirus response spending package near

Congress sped toward approval of a $7 billion-plus package to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus Tuesday as lawmakers demanded an aggressive response to an outbreak that has killed at least nine in the U.S. and more than 3,000 globally, while the Federal Reserve delivered an emergency rate cut to shield the economy.

March 3, 2020
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., responds to a question about a funding bill to fight the coronavirus outbreak, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FISA reform uncertain as deadline looms

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are uncertain how to move forward on reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as the expiration of three key provisions inches closer.

March 3, 2020
In this Dec. 20, 2018, photo, Juul products are displayed at a smoke shop in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

House passes flavored e-cigarette ban

The House on Friday morning passed a ban on flavored e-cigarettes by a razor-thin margin, marking the most aggressive bid yet to crack down on the youth vaping epidemic.

February 28, 2020
In this file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, of N.Y., questions FBI Director Christopher Wray as he testifies during an oversight hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FISA bill vote canceled as both parties push for more reforms

With 10 legislative days to go before three key provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires, reform plans are up in the air on Capitol Hill after Democrats on Wednesday abruptly halted a key hearing on the legislation.

February 26, 2020