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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].
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Washington (CNN) -- A federal budget compromise that already passed the House cleared a key procedural hurdle on Tuesday in the Senate, increasing the likelihood it will win final Congressional approval this week. President Barack Obama has signaled his support for the plan worked out by the budget committee leaders in each chamber that would guide government spending into 2015 to defuse the chances of another shutdown such as the one that took place in October. Tuesday's vote overcame a Republican filibuster attempt that required 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to proceed on the budget measure. The count was 67-33, with a dozen Republicans joining the 55 Democrats and independents in support of the plan.NEW: A new poll shows public support for the budget deal12 Republicans join Democrats in overcoming a filibuster attemptBill aims to avert another government shutdown as early as mid-JanuaryThe House already passed the compromise budget plan 
 Question:Some Senate _ said before Tuesday's vote that the most important thing for now was to lower the budget deficit, even if only by a small percentage, and prevent further government shutdowns like the 16-day stoppage in October that proved politically damaging to the GOP.
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Republicans


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Amazon has banned sales of Apple and Google video streaming devices that aren't compatible with its own service. The move is seen in the latest attack in the hi-tech battle to control the living room The online retail giant sent an e-mail to its marketplace sellers that it will stop selling Apple TV and Google's Chromecast. No new listings for the products will be allowed and posting of existing inventory will be removed Oct. 29, Amazon said. 'Over the last three years, Prime Video has become an important part of Prime,' Amazon said, according to Bloomberg. 'It's important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion.'Firm recently unveiled updated version of its Fire TV dongle and boxComes as Google releases $35 Chromecast TV streamerApple set to release its new TV box next month 
 Question:In order to offer the speedy deliveries _ will pay drivers $18 to $25 an hour via its new Amazon Flex program.
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Amazon


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Three men accused of being agents of the Syrian government have been executed in a shocking new video, Islamic State has claimed. The barbaric footage, released earlier today, shows the men kneeling in the middle of a dusty road in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, as a militant brandishing a sharpened sword stands behind them. It comes just one day after the extremist group claim to have shot and beheaded more than 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Each of the men are forced on to their hands and knees in the war-torn street before they are beheaded The harrowing video shows the sword used to kill the men being forged and sharpened for the executionsMen were executed on a dusty road in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, ISIS claimedSick video shows the executioner's sword being sharpened before killingsPrisoners were shackled in chains and dressed in orange jumpsuitsJust one day after 30 Ethiopian Christians were shot and beheaded in Libya 
 Question:They also demanded that _ living under its rule pay a 'special tax' known as jizya.
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Christians


