The endorsement lets Mr. Putin say that he is abiding by term limits, just like an American president.
That Mr. Moi, 78, is abiding by constitutional limits on his term of office and ceding power in elections scheduled for December might be a cause for hope for Kenya's future.
Democrats, whose attachment to campaign reforms is as episodic as McCain's, argue that having made such uses of promised matching funds, McCain is committed to taking them and abiding by spending limits -- which would virtually silence his campaign until the September convention.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, has said Iran is abiding by the limits set in the deal.
Democrats have an advantage in that 23 Republicans, some of them abiding by term-limits pledges they made in 1994, are retiring.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, is proposing a system of public financing that is modeled after the one used in New York City, where, in exchange for abiding by strict spending limits, candidates can receive $6 in public funds to match every dollar they collect in donations up to $175.
Each Democrat can spend a maximum of $5.2 million in the primary and unlimited amounts -- abiding by the contribution limits -- if running against Mr. Bloomberg in the general election; the law lifts the spending cap when an opponent rejects public financing and spends heavily.
Mr. Putin has repeatedly promised that he will step down next year after eight years in office, abiding by the constitutional limit of two consecutive terms.
The company also last year launched a way for teens to shop the site independently of their parents – creating their own lists, and making purchases via parents' accounts, while abiding by pre-set spending limits parents set or by getting purchases approved after parents' review the requests.
The measure, signed into law by Mr. DiFrancesco, also provided an additional $1.4 million to any candidates abiding by public campaign-finance spending limits.
