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where laws are born, budgets die, and lobbyists quietly run the daycare.
Domed iconsMost copy DC's Capitol, itself copying ancient Rome
Cat stafferSome statehouses kept mousers on the payroll
Filibuster fuelOne legislator once read a phone book to stall
Hidden tunnelsMany connect to offices for weather and protests
Gold domesSeveral are coated in real, gleaming gold leaf