Investigators say 4 Reps got discounted loans

WASHINGTON — Four House law­mak­ers received VIP dis­counted loans from the for­mer Coun­try­wide Finan­cial Corp., the lender whose sub­prime mort­gages was largely respon­si­ble for the nation’s fore­clo­sure cri­sis, accord­ing to con­gres­sional investigators.