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].

Q: Washington (CNN) As the Senate prepares to vote this week on Neil Gorsuch's nomination, it's unclear yet whether Republicans will have enough votes to end an expected Democratic filibuster. Republicans, who have a 52-48 majority, need a total of eight Democrats to get to 60 -- the critical number required to end the filibuster. If they don't reach 60, they can still get around that filibuster, but it would require taking a highly controversial step to change the Senate rules, a move also known as the nuclear option. RELATED: Here's where Republicans stand on the nuclear option Republicans already have three Democrats who will vote with them to end the filibuster, so they need five more of the remaining eight undecided Democrats -- as of Sunday -- to do the same and reach that 60 number.Republicans need at least give more Democrats to help them confirm Neil Gorsuch under current rulesThe GOP has three Dems, but they've only got nine undecideds left to choose from as of Sunday 
 Question:Here's a look at the nine undecided _ and what they've said recently about Gorsuch:.

A: Democratic
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Q: Mark Hughes has insisted he will have significant money to spend this summer if required – and told Asmir Begovic he can fulfil his ambitions at Stoke City. The Stoke manager has kept the club's chequebook largely in his pocket since taking over in May 2013 but said he would splash out when the right player became available. Signing Begovic to a new contract is a priority given the Bosnia goalkeeper will be entering the final year of his current deal. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes is confident he will have money to spend in the summer transfer window Hughes wants goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to agree a new contract at the Britannia StadiumStoke manager Mark Hughes has a net spend of around £6millionHe is confident the club will back him in this summer's transfer windowHughes hopes to tie down No 1 goalkeeper Asmir BegovicThe ex-Portsmouth stopper is out of contract at the end of next season 
 Question:A host of clubs may decide to make a move for _, 27, who is set to open talks over extending his Stoke stay once the season is over.

A: Asmir Begovic
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Q: (CNN) The proportion of Zika-related birth defects during 2016 was nearly 20 times higher than the number seen during the pre-Zika years, according to a new report from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In particular, brain abnormalities or microcephaly, where a baby's head size is smaller than expected, occurred about 33 times as often in pregnancies with Zika infections than in the pre-Zika years. Zika, a virus transmitted primarily by mosquitoes and unprotected sex, has been spreading around the globe with locally transmitted cases in the US were first reported in Florida and Texas during 2016. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent infection.Brain abnormalities or microcephaly occurred about 33 times as often in pregnancies with Zika infectionsNew report is based on data from surveillance programs in three US states 
 Question:She said pregnant women should not travel to areas where _ virus transmission and they should also avoid sexual contact with partners who have traveled to areas with Zika virus transmission.

A:
Zika
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