Question ID:PT50 S2 Q14 Passage:If legislators are to enact laws that benefit constituents, they must be sure to consider what the consequences of enacting a proposed law will actually be. Contemporary legislatures fail to enact laws that benefit constituents. Concerned primarily with advancing their own political careers, legislators present legislation in polemical terms; this arouses in their colleagues either repugnance or enthusiasm for the legislation. Stem:Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:Legislation will not benefit constituents unless legislators become less concerned with their own careers. Choice B:Legislatures that enact laws that benefit constituents are successful legislatures. Choice C:The passage of laws cannot benefit constituents unless constituents generally adhere to those laws. Choice D:Legislators considering a proposed law for which they have repugnance or enthusiasm do not consider the consequences that it will actually have. Choice E:The inability of legislators to consider the actual consequences of enacting a proposed law is due to their strong feelings about that law.