Congress has made several efforts to apply __________ to Social Security entitlements-that is, to link benefits to income and provide payments only to the "truly disadvantaged"-but such efforts have failed owing to successful lobbying by senior citizen groups.

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The sentence is referring to means testing, which is the practice of linking benefits or eligibility to income levels. Options A, B, C, and D are unrelated to Social Security entitlements and are not mentioned in the sentence.

Congress Has Made Several Efforts to Apply __________ to Social