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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.
question:
If Congress froze the current spending level and then cut it by 2 percent annually, we could balance the budget in five years.
answer:
deficit

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Ronald Reagan banned ownership of fully automatic rifles. He supported the assault weaspons ban.
answer:
guns

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John Oxendine is under a state ethics investigation because he illegally funneled more than $120,000 to his campaign from shady insurance political action committees in Alabama.
answer:
ethics