: the building in which the U.S. Congress meets in Washington, D.C.
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The committee sparked a suite of bills aimed at juicing the supply side of Idaho’s housing market — a deregulatory approach targeting zoning laws that has lately found rare bipartisan support at the Capitol, if not in city halls across the state.—Mark Dee
march 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026 Haefner was one of thousands who marched from Harriet Island to the Capitol.—Chloe Rosen, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 The cheering and chanting from the protest could be heard loudly from blocks away from the Capitol.—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026 Organizers have told a state oversight agency thatas many as 100,000 people could converge on the Capitol.—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Capitol