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The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Although the presidency is the focal point for media coverage of the U.S. government, Congress is by far the most important and most powerful of our constitutional institutions. All taxing and spending bills must originate in the House of Representatives; only Congress can raise armies; and it is Congress that creates the Federal Reserve, which governs U.S. monetary policy. For all the glamour of the White House, it's Capitol Hill that creates and sustains the federal government....
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