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the building in which a state legislature meets
the legislators were called to the capitol for an emergency session
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The intrigue: The show has featured pundits, reporters and analysts who don't cover the beat in Washington D.C., giving it distance from the capitol while talking about national politics.
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Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
On the last day of January, 1995, voucher proponents paid for six buses to carry some three hundred children and parents from Cleveland to the capitol, in order to lobby legislators.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
The flag had been previously flown at the state capitol in Richmond.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Jan. 2025
The results are speaking for themselves: Sacramento State is even offering scholarships to five-star players, unironically, trying to make their pitch to land players from across the country and convince them to come to the California capitol.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
On the last day of January, 1995, voucher proponents paid for six buses to carry some three hundred children and parents from Cleveland to the capitol, in order to lobby legislators.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
The flag had been previously flown at the state capitol in Richmond.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Jan. 2025
The results are speaking for themselves: Sacramento State is even offering scholarships to five-star players, unironically, trying to make their pitch to land players from across the country and convince them to come to the California capitol.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitol. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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