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 _ .

Q: Washington (CNN) The Trump administration on Friday asked Congress for a higher-than-expected $7.85 billion as part of an initial request for funds in response to Hurricane Harvey, with an additional request expected by the end of this month. The formal request came late Friday in a letter from President Donald Trump's budget chief to House Speaker Paul Ryan. The initial amount requested for Harvey relief was higher than the $5.95 billion figure administration officials floated earlier in the day. The bulk of the initial request will go to FEMA, which is rapidly burning through cash as the primary agency handling disaster relief. The remainder of the emergency funding request, about $450 million, will go to the Small Business Administration, which is doling out disaster recovery loans to homes and businesses damaged by the storm.The White House sent Congress a request for $7.85 billion on FridayIt's described as a "down payment" on federal aid

A: The debt ceiling deadline is a controversial matter in _ and some hoped to see the issue tied to disaster funding to ensure the debt ceiling would be raised.
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Q: Dapper Laughs, the controversial persona previously 'killed off' by disgraced comedian Daniel O'Reilly, has arrived Down Under – chatting up air hostesses and mocking airport cleaners along the way. The British star, who came under fire last year after telling a female audience member at one of his shows she was 'gagging for a rape', documented his journey to Sydney, via Doha and Melbourne, in a video posted online. Dapper Laughs sprang to fame on video network Vine where he joked about how women couldn’t resist him and despite his jibes being branded ‘sexist’ his latest video shows he hasn’t changed tact.Dapper Laughs is the laddish alter-ego of comedian Daniel O'ReillyHe found fame on social media after posting six second videosHis dating show was axed by ITV last year after a 60,000 strong petitionHe was slammed for rape jokes and dubious dating advice given to menLast year O'Reilly ditched the character but resurrected him at ChristmasHe arrived in Sydney on Sunday and attended the Avengers premiere

A: And around 44 comedians signed an open letter condemning _ for his 'sexist and degrading' comedy.
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Q: His battered and bloodstained body hung for three days on the cross on which he was crucified. Around his neck, the Islamic State butchers who killed him had hung a handwritten placard accusing him of apostasy — abandoning his religion. He was just 17 and the placard explained that the unnamed boy's crime had been to take photographs of the terrorist organisation's headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, which has become the de facto IS capital. Images of his body were smuggled to the West in defiance of the city's terrifying religious police by undercover activists appalled at the daily brutality taking place in their city.Women are forced to become sex slaves, shared by the brutal jihadisLife in Raqqa once revolved around cotton farming. Muslims and Christians once lived together here and the sexes mixed freelyMusic and smoking is banned and thieves are punished with amputation

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Those caught disobeying _'s rulers face being dragged to the main square — where families once strolled eating ice creams in the evenings, their children cavorting on bikes amid squeals of laughter — to face brutal, summary punishment.
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