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Takeaways from a grim weekend for Republicans in the election that won’t endCNN — It was a disappointing weekend for Republicans and ex-President Donald Trump asDemocrats kept the Senate for two more years. __21__. 
 And even with the GOP appearing to slowly march toward House control – promising to makeBiden’s life deeply uncomfortable for the rest of his term with investigations into his administrationand even his son, Hunter.
__ 22.__ So it’s obvious why Democrats are celebrating the come-from-behind victory of Sen. CatherineCortez Masto in Nevada Saturday night that handed them their 50th seat and control of the Senate.Senate control is huge for multiple reasons, not least because by pulling it off in deeply unpromisingpolitical conditions, Democrats cemented the most stunning showing for an incumbent president’sparty in a first-term midterm election since George W. Bush in 2002.
 “ __23.__ ” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters on Saturday night after CNN and othermedia outlets projected the Nevada race.More importantly, the Democrats’ continued hold on power gives Biden two more years to remakethe judiciary and to counter the influx of conservative judges confirmed during Trump’s presidency.__24.__
The failure of Republicans to capture control means that the White House will be spared a relentlessonslaught of Senate investigations and subpoenas to match those likely to be pouring out of the Houseif, as expected, the GOP finally clinches a majority in that chamber. __25.__  ~adapted from https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/14/politics/takeawaysmidterm-election-analysis/index.html 
(A) One thing that pundits and prognosticators missed was that people knew the Democrats weregetting things done for them,
(B) The weekend marked a moment of vindication for President Joe Biden, whose party defied historyby staving off a midterm election drubbing.
(C) In the event that a vacancy arose on the Supreme Court, a Democratic-led Senate would have agood chance of installing a new justice to start to weaken the current conservative majority.
(D) This represents a significant personal and political benefit for Biden.
(E) Political parties are pointless unless they win power.
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(A) One thing that pundits and prognosticators missed was that people knew the Democrats were getting things done for them,
(B) The weekend marked a moment of vindication for President Joe Biden, whose party defied history by staving off a midterm election drubbing.
(C) In the event that a vacancy arose on the Supreme Court, a Democratic-led Senate would have a good chance of installing a new justice to start to weaken the current conservative majority.
(D) This represents a significant personal and political benefit for Biden.
(E) Political parties are pointless unless they win power.