an 🇺🇸 idiom used to characterize matters that are, or seem to be, important primarily to officials of the government, to its contractors and lobbyists, and to the media who cover them - as opposed to the interests and priorities of the gen. 🇺🇸 pop.
A nickname for Interstate 495, which surrounds Washington, DC, as well as parts of Virginia and Maryland.
person who is a member of a particular political group whose policy or practice joining an existing political party with the intention of changing its principles and policies, instead of forming a new party
