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Capitol Hill

noun

  1. the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.
  2. Informal. the U.S. Congress.


Capitol Hill

  1. A hill in Washington, D.C. , on which the United States Capitol building sits. The House of Representatives and the Senate meet in the Capitol. ( See on the Hill .)


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So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.

Tool around Capitol Hill, which brims gay bars, restaurants, and clubs.

The papal view of lawmaking on Capitol Hill is unknown, but Congress you have been warned.

Last year, buoyed by his 2012 reelection, Obama dismissed the notion of schmoozing with his Republican tormentors on Capitol Hill.

As talks get underway again in Vienna, many voices are raised against them on Capitol Hill and abroad.

I took the street that leads from the Cœlian to the Capitol Hill, as affording a pleasanter walk—if longer.

The Capitol-hill is said to form a link between the ancient city and the modern one.

Far off on the Capitol Hill he heard the sharp note of a bugle and the rattle of horses' hoofs.

An old settler of the place decided with me that it was on the elevated ground now known as Capitol Hill.

In the city of Washington, on Capitol Hill, it is a common practice to drain cellars into what are termed "dry wells."

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