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Senator Strongwood reported that, contrary to a study cited by the administration, a thorough study by his own party concluded that a reduction in the capital gains tax would lead to an increase in the federal deficit. “Hooray for common sense,” he said. “Everyone knows that when you cut taxes you lose revenue.” He concluded that the administration’s plan for reducing the capital gains tax was now dead, because he could not imagine any senator voting to increase the deficit.

Which one of the following accurately describes something Senator Strongwood does in advancing his argument?

(A) He implies that increasing the capital gains tax would decrease the federal deficit.

(B) He assumes senators will believe his party’s report instead of the administration’s.

(C) He resorts to name-calling by expressly stating that his opponents lack common sense.

(D) He assumes that senators will rarely vote for unpopular legislation.

(E) He assumes that a study commissioned by his party must be more objective than one commissioned by the administration.

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In the first line, it is written "contrary to the report of administration" The report of Senator's own party says "Reducing tax will lead to deficit".
He calls it conclusion drawn by common sense and Imagines that " No senator will ever vote for budget deficit".
He imagines that people will trust the common sense- his own party's report rather than that of administration.
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Hello sharathnair14 this is not an official explanation but i hope it will help.

Our tricky little senator employs a common political trick: He presents a view that contrasts that of the administration, but then proceeds to argue as if the administration’s view doesn’t exist. Even his rhetoric is a carefully constructed attempt to show that only his party’s view exists or matters: “Hooray for common sense . . .”; “Everyone knows that . . .” He then concludes that the tax is dead, because no senator would ever vote for something that will bring about such results—the results that his party predicts but that he now tries to put over as the only possible interpretation. Through all this, Strongwood is hoping that people, especially the voting senators, will forget about the other interpretation of the effects of the tax, namely, the administration’s interpretation. Clearly, in making his argument, he is assuming that the senators believe the report of his party, not that of the administration.

(A) Strongwood’s party believes that reducing the tax would increase the deficit. Nowhere does he or his party suggest what will happen if the tax is increased.

(C) The “common sense” comment is NOT expressly directed at his opponents. He may imply by this comment that the administration lacks common sense on this issue, but this is only a subtle jab, not nearly enough to qualify as “name-calling.”

(D) The notion of “popular” never arises—he simply believes the senators won’t vote for something that, at least in the view of his party, will have the negative effect of increasing the deficit.

(E) We don’t know why Strongwood feels his party’s study is superior to that of the administration’s. As far as we know, he assumes nothing about the relative “objectivity” of each. He simply announces the superiority of his party’s study, not the reasons for the superiority.

Answer: B

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Re: Senator Strongwood reported that, contrary to a study cited by the adm [#permalink]
Thanks bro nicely explained. In the first line, it is written "contrary to the report of administration" The report of Senator's own party says "Reducing tax will lead to deficit".
He calls it conclusion drawn by common sense and Imagines that " No senator will ever vote for budget deficit".
He imagines that people will trust the common sense- his own party's report rather than that of administration.
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Re: Senator Strongwood reported that, contrary to a study cited by the adm [#permalink]
I think it's B.

Senator Strongwood reported that, contrary to a study cited by the administration, a thorough study by his own party concluded that a reduction in the capital gains tax would lead to an increase in the federal deficit. “Hooray for common sense,” he said. “Everyone knows that when you cut taxes you lose revenue.” He concluded that the administration’s plan for reducing the capital gains tax was now dead, because he could not imagine any senator voting to increase the deficit.

Which one of the following accurately describes something Senator Strongwood does in advancing his argument?

(A) He implies that increasing the capital gains tax would decrease the federal deficit.
We might infer this, but the senator doesn't actually do this.

(B) He assumes senators will believe his party’s report instead of the administration’s.
CORRECT

Key part of the passage: "He concluded that the administration’s plan for reducing the capital gains tax was now dead"

This is his conclusion and it must be true that he assumes the senators will believe him. If they didn't believe him, then there would be no reason for him to think this.

(C) He resorts to name-calling by expressly stating that his opponents lack common sense.

No.

(D) He assumes that senators will rarely vote for unpopular legislation.

No. He doesn't do this...we don't know whether the purportedly flawed legislation is popular or unpopular.

(E) He assumes that a study commissioned by his party must be more objective than one commissioned by the administration.

No. It's entirely possible that both studies were objective, it just so happens that the Senator's own studies contradict those other studies.
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