Capitol Hill

American  

noun

1. the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.

2. Informal. the U.S. Congress.

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Capitol Hill Cultural  

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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Capitol Hill

Soon after Tuesday’s wage and inflation data was released, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh testified on Capitol Hill.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

It won’t be the first time the debate over timekeeping has made its way to Capitol Hill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

NBC News reported that emergency services responded to a call for "cardiac arrest" at Graham's Capitol Hill home on Saturday night, according to police scanner audio obtained by NBC and other outlets.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

And now few care about his own absence from Capitol Hill, and even fewer reporters know how to find out.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Three months later, a six foot, two-hundred-fifty-pound army colonel named Leslie Groves was walking down the hallway of a congressional office building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin