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Statehouse
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noun
- (in the US) the building which houses a state legislature; State capitol
- a building in which public affairs or state ceremonies are conducted
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Origin of statehouse1
Example Sentences
For example, in Ohio, even if a majority of people voted for a Democrat, the Republicans would still be in the majority or super majority in the statehouse.
The organization also lobbies at the statehouse weekly, sharing stories with elected officials about how their policies affect constituents' everyday lives.
In California, for example, a new bill in the statehouse would pause nonessential changes to the building code for the next six years.
The two are founders and co-chairs of the new California Hispanic Legislative Caucus, the latest attempt at an official group for Latino Republicans in the statehouse.
In 2015, just weeks after the horrific murder of nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white supremacist, the state’s Republican governor, Nikki Haley, called for the removal of a Confederate battle flag that had flown on the Statehouse grounds since 1962.
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