The reversal was the most concrete demonstration yet that the wave of fiscal conservatives who catapulted Republicans into the House majority is reshaping the political and policy calculations being made by the party leadership.
The wave of demonstrations that followed toppled Mr. Ben Ali and set off widespread unrest that is still convulsing the region.
But the wave of demonstrations was triggered by Beijing's attempts to control nominations for 2017 presidential elections.
Taken together, they represent a sharp break from the government's response to the wave of demonstrations that swept Tibetan areas of the country in recent weeks.
The protests against that declaration were also the beginning of the wave of demonstrations that culminated in an outpouring of millions of Egyptians to call for Mr. Morsi's ouster last Sunday, on the anniversary of Mr. Morsi's inauguration.
The wave of demonstrations that broke out last week was set off not by any expressed yearning for freedom, they say, but by the end of fuel subsidies that threatened to bankrupt the country.
The wave of demonstrations, which began in opposition to rising transportation costs but has since evolved to focus on political corruption and World Cup spending, are the largest protests Brazil has seen in two decades.
