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Question reads fine now. Looks like a straight E.
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yup E for me too....

windfal from budget cuts to be used on infrastructure...

kind of an idiom...
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Another E.

Using is the correct word for the sentence.
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I will go with E
2/3 split
D is worse, so E remains
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(B) 'from cuts to the federal budget' lacks clarity
(C) 'they' has no clear referent
(D) 'windfall from cuts of the federal budget' lack clarity

Both A and E looks alright, but I'll take E for simply being more concise.
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E is good. budget cuts in E is coreect expression.
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OA is E

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