"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. population.
Geographically, Inside the Beltway describes Washington, D.C., and those sections of Maryland and Virginia that lie within the perimeter of the Capital Beltway.
In the White House of Richard M. Nixon, it was said that Watergate would become serious only if it 'got outside the Washington Beltway', if the depths of the disgrace were understood by the American people. In 1974, the truth of Watergate flooded the country, and the Nixon presidency ended. It can be said that the myriad doubts about the Warren Commission's findings in the death of President Kennedy represent a reverse situation. The doubts would never be taken seriously until they were inside the Beltway, in the halls of Congress, the courts and the White House.
inside, beltway, american, idiom, used, characterize, matters, that, seem, important, primarily, officials, federal, government, contractors, lobbyists, media, personnel, cover, them, opposed, interests, priorities, general, population, capital, beltway, aroun. 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 population The Capital Beltway around Washington DC The Beltway refers to Interstate 495 the Capital Beltway a circumferential highway beltway that has encircled Washington D C the capital of the United States since 1964 Some speakers of American English now employ the word as a metonym for federal government insiders cf Beltway bandits 1 and the phrase inside the Beltway is used as a title for a number of political columns and news items by publications like the Washington Times 2 American University s magazine 3 and columnist John McCaslin Geographically Inside the Beltway describes Washington D C and those sections of Maryland and Virginia that lie within the perimeter of the Capital Beltway Contents 1 Usage 2 Communities 3 See also 4 ReferencesUsage editReporting in 1975 on the prospect of a reexamination of the Warren Commission s findings concerning the assassination of John F Kennedy newspaper journalist Nicholas M Horrock wrote In the White House of Richard M Nixon it was said that Watergate would become serious only if it got outside the Washington Beltway if the depths of the disgrace were understood by the American people In 1974 the truth of Watergate flooded the country and the Nixon presidency ended It can be said that the myriad doubts about the Warren Commission s findings in the death of President Kennedy represent a reverse situation The doubts would never be taken seriously until they were inside the Beltway in the halls of Congress the courts and the White House Nicholas M Horrock October 12 1975 The New York Times p 230 Communities editThe following cities and counties are located entirely or partially inside the Beltway Washington D C all DC land is inside the Beltway a small portion of the Potomac River that is part of DC is outside the Beltway Alexandria Virginia almost entirely Arlington County Virginia entirely Fairfax County Virginia partially Falls Church Virginia entirely Montgomery County Maryland partially Prince George s County Maryland partially See also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Look up inside the beltway in Wiktionary the free dictionary Washington metropolitan area Westminster BubbleReferences edit Wall Street Journal Why inside the Beltway is a target of populists Washington Times Inside the Beltway American University Inside the Beltway Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Inside the Beltway amp oldid 1178569055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
