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"Inside the Beltway" is a phrase used to characterize parts of the real or imagined American political system. It refers to the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), a beltway that encircles Washington, D.C., and is meant to invoke matters that are important primarily within the offices of the Federal government, its contractors, lobbyists, and the media which cover them.

Beltway bandits

The term is also employed in a literal, geographic sense in the Washington D.C. area to describe the city and those portions of Virginia and Maryland that are close to the nation's capital. This includes all of Arlington County, Virginia; the city of Falls Church, Virginia; most of the city of Alexandria, Virginia; portions of Montgomery County, Maryland; portions of Prince George's County, Maryland; and portions of Fairfax County, Virginia.
"Westminster Bubble" or "Westminster village" is a term for a similar concept in the United Kingdom, and "inside the Queensway" is used in Canada.

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