TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: A recent outbreak of E. coli linked to Chipotle restaurants in nine U.S. states has caused sales to plummet by as much as 22 percent in recent weeks, the restaurant chain announced on Friday. The Denver-based chain said sales trends have been 'extremely volatile' since it closed restaurants in Oregon and Washington in early November as a result of the outbreak. Earlier on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak had expanded to nine states, with a total of 52 reported illnesses. That was up from the six states and 45 illnesses as of late November.Sales have dived by 22 percent in recent weeks as E. coli outbreak expands52 people in nine U.S. states have gotten sick from eating at Chipotle restaurantsE. coli bacteria cause diarrhea and abdominal pains, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
 Question:_, which is known for touting the quality of its ingredients, also said Friday it was tightening its food standards.

SOLUTION: Chipotle

PROBLEM: (CNN) Republican Rep. Mo Brooks said Thursday that protests at town halls around the country might prevent Republican lawmakers from repealing the Affordable Care Act. "I'll tell you, Toni, there are a, in my opinion, a significant number of congressmen who are being impacted by these kinds of protests and their spine is a little bit weak," the Alabama congressman said in an interview on "The Morning Show with Toni & Gary" on WBHP 800 Alabama radio. "And I don't know if we're going to be able to repeal Obamacare now because these folks who support Obamacare are very active, they're putting pressure on congressman and there's not a counter-effort to steel the spine of some of these congressmen in tossup districts around the country.""I don't know if we're going to be able to repeal Obamacare now because these folks who support Obamacare are very active," Brooks said."And you may not even see a vote to repeal Obamacare, you might see something where they call it a repeal but really it's an amendment," he added. 
 Question:What they're using now with the phrase repeal _, quote-unquote, is not a repeal like you and I understand the meaning of the word repeal.

SOLUTION: Obamacare

PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) Sen. Elizabeth Warren delivered an unsubtle criticism of former President Barack Obama in an interview published Monday, saying the former president and other politicians are out of touch with "the lived experiences of most Americans." Warren was interviewed by The Guardian while promoting her new book, "This Fight Is Our Fight," amid heavy speculation about her plans for the 2020 presidential election. That speculation was only fanned over the weekend when President Donald Trump, at a rally in Pennsylvania, suggested that Warren would likely be his 2020 opponent. Speaking to the newspaper, Warren first looked back, attempting to diagnose Democrats' failures in the 2016 election.Warren faulted Obama for what she said was an overreliance on statisticsWarren also discussed Democrats' debate over abortion politics 
 Question:But Warren -- perhaps foreshadowing a fault line for _ in 2020 -- told the Guardian she would "probably not" endorse a candidate who opposed abortion rights.

SOLUTION:
Democrats