The city council was notorious for voting down any measure that would restrict its ability to wield power, so that it _____ a bill aimed to narrow the ambit of its jurisdiction was surprising only to the small few who had come to believe that the council would pull an about-face.
A.championed
B.took exception to
C.discarded
D.was in favor of
E.tabled
F.objected to
A.championed
B.took exception to
C.discarded
D.was in favor of
E.tabled
F.objected to