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capitol

noun as in building or buildings housing chief governmental offices

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Threats to lawmakers also rose in that period, according to the Capitol police.

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Lawmakers at a hearing this summer on Capitol Hill pushed for improved recycling infrastructure to secure critical minerals.

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A Capitol Hill institution for three decades, the bar survived the last shutdown in 2018, when owner Matt Weiss learned to cope with unpredictability.

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Without being formally being sworn in, she has no budget, is unable to hire staff, cannot open her district office or even access her Capitol office.

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It’s revealed in the briefings — on military plans, on operations during the shutdown — given to Republican lawmakers but denied to Democrats serving on Capitol Hill.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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