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Data: Congress created virus aid, then reaped the benefits

by Associated Press
| July 7, 2020 3:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least a dozen lawmakers have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid, according to newly released government data, highlighting how Washington insiders were both author and beneficiary of one of the biggest government programs in U.S. history.

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