In this task, you are given a statement spoken by a politician in natural language. Your task is to generate the subject of the discussion for the given statement. The subject generated is not necessarily a part of the given input. Your answer should contain one or more words.
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Question: "Bill McCollum holds the same position on (embryonic stem cell research) as Barack Obama."

Answer: abortion


Question: For the past eight years, Gov. Carcieri and Mrs. Carcieri would host the lighting of the State House Christmas tree.

Answer: religion


Question: The difference over the (previous) four years between where things were headed and where we brought them to over the last four years is a total of $816 in saved property tax money.

Answer:
state-budget