The allusion is in the sentence "...by taking a Jeffersonian approach to spending."
The answer that fits the blank provided above is BROTHER. This question is based on Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". So when Atticus returns home for the first time after the trial, Aunt Alexandra empathized for him and called him Brother. Hope this helps.
* Nosotras vamos a asistir a clase hoy.
(asistir a is its own word and has its own 'a')
what you were doing is "ir + infinitive" lol
