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  "path": "/2026/02/27/repub/us-senate-democrats-demand-administration-refund-tariff-payments-to-businesses/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-28T00:24:27.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "D.C. Bureau",
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Work & the Economy",
    "Angela Alsobrooks",
    "Comptroller Brooke Lierman",
    "Customs and Border Protection",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Gov. Wes Moore",
    "International Economic Emergency Powers Act",
    "Port of Baltimore",
    "Supreme Court",
    "tariff refund. Scott Bessent",
    "tariffs",
    "Treasurer Dereck Davis"
  ],
  "textContent": "U.S. Senate Democrats wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Maryland officials wrote to President Donald Trump, demanding the administration refund payments made under Trump's illegally imposed tariffs, worth $4 billion in Maryland.",
  "title": "US Senate Democrats demand administration refund tariff payments to businesses"
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