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Senate Democrats seek aid for Black Americans in virus bill

by AP Congressional Correspondent
| July 16, 2020 8:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Senate Republicans prepare to roll out their next COVID-19 aid bill, the top Democrat said Thursday that he wants to shift $350 billion from an untapped Treasury Department virus relief program to help Black Americans and other people of color during the pandemic and beyond.

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