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 _ .

[EX Q]: Washington (CNN) -- Just two months after the brinksmanship of the "fiscal cliff," on Friday Washington faced yet another deadline to avoid yet another fiscal calamity of its own making. But this time, something is different. As congressional leaders met in the White House on Friday for what was little more than a photo-op on the day forced budget cuts went into effect, this time there are no 11th-hour negotiations to save the day. There is no last-minute effort to call in Vice President Joe Biden on behalf of Democrats or Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on behalf of Republicans to get things back on track.Washington faced yet another fiscal deadline -- this time with no real effort to negotiateCouples therapist: Democrats, Republicans lost sight of big picture, are just arguing to winCouples mediator: Disagreements should be used to find solutions
[EX A]: "And that's exactly what they're doing -- the Democrats and the _ are doing with each other.

[EX Q]: Washington (CNN) Sen. Luther Strange and Roy Moore have one final day of campaigning before Republican voters in Alabama will take to the polls in a GOP primary to decide who they want to run against Democrat Doug Jones in the special election to fill a US Senate seat. Strange, who was appointed by then-Gov. Robert Bentley to finish out the term after Jeff Sessions became attorney general, is running against Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in the GOP primary. Strange is seen as an establishment Republican who has strong support from President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to keep the seat, which Sessions had held for two decades. He has been propped up by more than $9 million in spending from the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with McConnell.Roy Moore is running as the anti-establishment RepublicanThis race could determine how future races will play out for RepublicansSen. Luther Strange has the backing of Trump and McConnell
[EX A]: In 2014, _ wrote letters to all 50 state governors calling on them to convene a constitutional convention to ban same-sex marriage.

[EX Q]: Nathaniel Clyne was pictured leaving a Liverpool hospital after undergoing a medical on Monday ahead of sealing a move from Southampton. The right back is set to secure a £12.5million transfer – £10.5m up front with a further £2m based on add-ons – to become Brendan Rodgers’s sixth signing already since the season ended. Liverpool have been searching for a right-back after allowing Glen Johnson to leave at the end of his contract and Jon Flanagan out long-term with a knee injury. Provided the medical is passed, as expected, Clyne will follow Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Adam Bogdan, Danny Ings and Joe Gomez to Merseyside.Nathaniel Clyne will become Liverpool's sixth signing of the summerSouthampton defender indicated he would be keen to move to AnfieldReds have agreed a deal which could rise to £12.5m for the England manBrendan Rodgers moved for Clyne after allowing Glen Johnson to leave
[EX A]:
They had an initial £10m bid for _ rejected and Southampton wanted £15m but, with only one year remaining on Clyne’s contract, the two clubs have agreed on a fee.