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Read the list of selections from the article. trump still seeks a border wall and said he might shut down the government again over it. a strong majority of americans blamed him for the standoff. and they rejected his arguments for a border wall, recent polls show. it is not clear how trump would fund the wall by declaring a national emergency. minutes later, senators voted 52-44 for a democratic plan to open agencies through february 8 with no wall money. that was eight votes short. yet it got more support than trump's republican plan, even though republicans control the senate 53-47. which two selections, taken together, provide the best evidence to support the idea that most people do not support funding a border wall? a 1 and 3 b 1 and 4 c 2 and 3 d 2 and 4

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

12 there are four phases of self-regulation: forethought, performance, self-reflection, and punishment. select the best answer from the choices provided ot of