In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .
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Question: (CNN) Senate Democrats are vowing to stall action on eight of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees tasked with carrying out his economic, law enforcement and regulatory agenda, a senior Democratic aide told CNN Monday. If carried through, the threat that could delay confirming the President-elect's choices for months. Those targeted include secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson, attorney general pick Jeff Sessions and health and human services secretary hopeful Tom Price. Democrats warn if they don't get the nominees' required background information and financial records and have adequate time to review them before confirmation hearings are held, they'll drag out confirmation votes with a series of procedural maneuvers.Republicans are already planning confirmation hearings from Donald Trump's CabinetDemocrats can take procedural steps to slow the process down to a crawl

Answer: "When President Obama was elected, Republicans and _ worked together and expeditiously to carefully consider his nominees.


Question: (CNN) -- It's that time again, time to pull out the ballots and read the tea leaves and see who's going to take home the trophies at Sunday's 86th Academy Awards. Will it be "12 Years a Slave"? Leonardo DiCaprio? "Let It Go" from "Frozen"? Oscar forecasting is a lighthearted parlor game for many and a "who cares" shrug for others. (Go ahead, commenters, let us know how you really feel!) But to studios, agents, managers and many of the nominees, winning the Oscar is not only first-line-of-the-obituary recognition, but it also means "cold, hard cash," as Oscar winner Wendy Hiller once bluntly put it, in box-office receipts and future contracts."12 Years a Slave," "Gravity," "American Hustle" are Oscar front-runnersEach film has route to the big prizeVoting for Oscar only partly about art; it's often about personalities86th Academy Awards scheduled for Sunday night

Answer: With _ being overdue, it's to his advantage -- and he's given the biggest performance of his career in the most talked-about movie of the year."


Question: Washington (CNN) -- For both presidential campaigns, Republican Mitt Romney's choice of Wisconsin congressman and conservative star Paul Ryan as his running mate was like Christmas come early. Conservatives wanted one of their own on Romney's ticket and they got that in Ryan, who has emerged as their ideological leader on the Hill on fiscal and budget matters. The choice also helps satisfy Republican strategists who felt Romney needed to not only stress how President Barack Obama has failed in that role, but also better articulate what the GOP candidate would do if elected. "Ryan is a great choice. He energizes an already motivated party to a further degree and will help clarify the differing visions between the two campaigns for the country," said Phil Musser, a GOP strategist who in 2007 was a senior adviser to Romney's presidential campaign. "There are big choices, and in making the selection, Romney is showing that he believes America is ready for the choice."Both sides got what they wanted in Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mateConservatives celebrate Ryan's selection; choice helps shore up some support for RomneyDemocrats quick to attack Ryan's selection as proof of Romney's conservative visionPolitical experts say both sides will battle over how to introduce Ryan to American public

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But even more troubling, Romney's unfavorable numbers were creeping up after weeks of attacks by the _ campaign and those supporting it.