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Posted: 2020-07-07T00:42:39Z | Updated: 2020-07-07T00:42:39Z

Longtime anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist famously has said that the government should be small enough to drown in a bathtub. But turns out hes not above benefitting from tax money to help keep his small-government advocacy efforts afloat.

On Monday, documents released by the Treasury Department disclosed that an ancillary arm of Norquists organization Americans for Tax Reform was among the millions of recipients of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program. The massive relief scheme provided loans to small businesses and enterprises that could eventually turn into grants if they keep their workers on payrolls during the coronavirus crisis .