How to Use Capitol Hill in a Sentence

Capitol Hill

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  • Trump might inspire a riot on Capitol Hill, but somebody will get fired in every episode.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Sara Dorn is a Forbes news reporter who covers politics, with a focus on elections and Capitol Hill.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The singer went on to say that bringing these issues to Capitol Hill one day is the goal.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
  • That delay comes from a law passed on Capitol Hill 28 years ago.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The woman, a former Capitol Hill staffer, has been linked to Gaetz as far back as the summer of 2017.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • His father spent last week on Capitol Hill to try and bring those changes to Kentucky and the nation.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The Senate vote comes as post-Oct. 7 emotions are still running high in and around Capitol Hill.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The group’s reach also extends to politics; the halls of Capitol Hill and the White House are filled with former members.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Which is precisely why a whole lot of Capitol Hill has read this to the end to see if their boss got a favorable mention.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 June 2024
  • The president was not the only politician on Capitol Hill to show support.
    — Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2023
  • What do lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to know from the Secret Service?
    — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 July 2024
  • On Capitol Hill, lawmakers in both parties have pushed in recent years to chip away at the problem.
    — Mark Walker, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • On Capitol Hill, the Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown is inching closer.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But there's another form of paralysis on Capitol Hill, on the other side of the building.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • This past week's stunning lack of civility on Capitol Hill may offer a glimpse as to why.
    — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The former politician is perhaps even better known now than during his time on Capitol Hill.
    — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • But immigration, of course, is not just an issue on Capitol Hill.
    — Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Mark Kelly The crisis of comportment on Capitol Hill is getting worse.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
  • None of that might stem the knee-jerk opposition to the four-day week among businesses and their water carriers on Capitol Hill.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Richardson moved to New Mexico in 1978 after working as a Capitol Hill staffer.
    — Eric Tucker, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Just private one-on-one conversations with some of the most expensive—morally speaking, at the very least—votes to buy on Capitol Hill.
    — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Yet it is widely understood on Capitol Hill that Gallagher was hardly a fan of the Trumpist swing inside the party.
    — TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
  • No one knows what’s going to happen next on Capitol Hill — perhaps House Republicans least of all.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The week’s events on Capitol Hill ought to remind us that not all national-security threats are overseas.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In May, Berry stopped by Capitol Hill to advocate for federal funding for research on menopause and women’s health.
    — Hannah Malach, WWD, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Mark Kelly Picture the scene in the offices of the presidents of our great universities last week in the hours after their little day of infamy on Capitol Hill.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Carpooling, walking or taking transit is a good idea, as parking isn't always easy on this part of Capitol Hill.
    — Melissa Santos, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Gallagher, in his fourth term on Capitol Hill, won each reelection handily, by no fewer than 25 points.
    — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Barra spent much of her debut year on Capitol Hill, testifying in front of lawmakers who grilled her about why the defects had gone unfixed for so long.
    — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Amid the fervor on Capitol Hill, there has been little unprompted mention of Palestinian deaths.
    — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023

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