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Treasury: $242 billion in new relief payments already sent

by Martin Crutsinger
| March 17, 2021 11:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it has sent out 90 million economic impact payments totaling $242 billion since President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan last week.

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