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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, a freshman Democrat from Houston, is self-quarantining and awaiting results of a coronavirus test after experiencing flu-like symptoms, including a 101-degree fever.

Fletcher took a COVID-19 test on Thursday and plans to continue to work from home until she receives the results. But the announcement of her self-quarantine comes a day before the U.S. House of Representatives returns to D.C. to vote on a $2 trillion stimulus package that passed the Senate on Wednesday night.

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“Representing Texas’ Seventh Congressional District and making sure our community has the resources it needs to combat coronavirus together is my highest priority,” Fletcher said in a statement. “I will continue to work from home, as I have been, advocating for the needs of our community and working to solve problems with my colleagues in Congress and our partners here at home.”

Fletcher is the latest House member to say she is self-quarantining, and at least two representatives have tested positive for coronavirus so far.

The House is set to vote on Friday morning on a massive package aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus and stemming its economic damage. The package includes $1,200 stipends for American taxpayers earning less than $75,000, a boost to unemployment benefits, forgivable loans for small businesses and billions to bail out bigger corporations.

House leaders hope to pass the bill swiftly on a voice vote, which wouldn’t require every member to return to D.C. But U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, has voiced objections to the bill and to the idea of voting without a full quorum present, threatening to push the vote into the weekend.

Fletcher isn’t the first Texas lawmaker to self-quarantine. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz quarantined for more than a week earlier this month after coming in contact with two people who had tested positive.