1The seat of the US Congress in Washington, DC.

1. 1.1US A building housing a legislative assembly.
   50,000 people marched on New Jersey's state capitol

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   • Their advocacy of limits on how long elected officials can serve shifts political power to the lobbyists who prowl the halls of state capitols.
   • Legislators appear at state capitols or in Washington, DC, every year as representatives of their constituents.
   • I had it behind my desk at the state capitol in Atlanta when I was governor.
   • Boyd lived four blocks from the capitol in a seven-story apartment building.
   • These are local employees such as teachers who naturally cluster in the population centers, state employees at capitols and major cities and federal employees in major cities.
   • Camps have to be aware of their state's laws and what is going on in their state capitol.
   • So if anyone should want the Ten Commandments in state capitols and ‘in God we trust’ on the coins, I should.
   • The sun was already over the capitol making the glass buildings shimmer and glow in the light.
   • But in state capitols around the country, not so much.
   • We are trying to change the tones in the state capitols and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship.
   • Featuring more than 800 interior/exterior images, the book is the first to feature all 50 capitols from the perspective of one photographer.
   • Since the law requires no building can be higher than the capitol in this city, the buildings here are not tall but huge.
   • The prospect of lower tobacco payments is already sending chills through state capitols.
   • They are doing so in Washington, DC and in state capitols, where the technology crowd is weakest and most clueless.
   • This poll is to be presented to members of the Latino Legislative Caucus today at a lunch briefing in the capitol.
   • But in most state capitols, terrorism was still less of a concern than balancing the budget or improving schools.
   • The company's public affairs office has monitored anti-terrorism initiatives discussed in Washington and at state capitols.
   • Family members gathered outside the capitol today to demand an independent investigation.
   • Grab your fly swatter, because in Congress and in many state capitols these days, there's a new buzzword: ‘Electric Utility deregulation.’
   • After the group bused crowds to the state capitol, the legislation passed by one vote.

2The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome.