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.)

Example Sentences

The resounding vote in favour of the Epstein bill, 427-1, marks a rare moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill.

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Such is the burden of a new U.S. intelligence finding that is circulating on Capitol Hill.

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At least one executive from Broadridge has been actively lobbying on Capitol Hill, trying to convince lawmakers that the firm is different from ISS and Glass Lewis.

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Senators on Capitol Hill passed the compromise budget measure on Monday night after a group of Democrats broke with their party to side with Republicans on a bill to fund departments through January.

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The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo that suggested the US president's speech had been edited so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riot in January 2021.

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