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Inside the Beltway" is an American idiom used to characterize matters that are, or seem to be, important primarily to officials of the U.S. federal government, to its contractors and lobbyists, and to the media personnel who cover them – as opposed to the interests and priorities of the general U.S. public.
It is the basis of the phrase "inside the Beltway", used when referring to issues dealing with US federal government and politics. The highway is signed as Interstate 495 (I-495) for its entire length, and its southern and eastern half runs concurrently with I-95. It was constructed in 1964.
Interstate 495, also known as the "Capital Beltway", creates an artificial boundary for the inner suburbs of Washington and is the root of the phrase "Inside the Beltway". Almost completely circling Washington, D.C., it crosses a tiny portion of the District at its southernmost point at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
A Trump transition official said Hegseth is “perhaps unorthodox to inside-the-Beltway types [but] exactly the kind of young, talented, new thinker that can execute for DJT [Donald J. Trump] with ...
The often-anticipated review of the most attractive operatives inside the Beltway usually features politicos of every affiliation and title -- including lobbyists, nonprofit employees and staffers ...
[14] The region is surrounded by Interstate 495 with the locations inside of it referred to as Inside the Beltway. Washington, D.C., which is at the center of the area, is sometimes referred to as the District because of its status as a federal district, which makes it not part of any state.
Victories have been few for voters who think Statehouse calendars should indicate that Ohioans are living in the 21st century, not the 19th, Thomas Suddes writes.
During the planning stages, the Virginia Highway Department considered four possible locations for the highway inside the Beltway; in 1959, it settled on one that followed the Fairfax Drive–Bluemont Drive corridor between the Beltway and SR 120 (Glebe Road); and then along the Rosslyn Spur of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (W&OD ...