Some prominent figures have also backed it.
The call referred to the bill as the "McCain-Feingold-Thompson law," evidently because Mr. Thompson had also backed it.
SoftBank recently became Uber's largest shareholder after it completed a drawn-out $7.7 billion investment in Uber, which included a $1.1 billion direct investment, and yet it has also backed Didi via its Delta Fund, a $5 billion sister vehicle to its massive $100 billion Vision Fund.
GB director of boxing Rob McCracken has also backed the idea as it will further add to British boxers' experience on the international stage.
The US has also backed the idea, although it is not yet clear if all G8 nations will agree to the plan.
It put $100 million into Indonesia's Tokopedia last year, for example, and it has also backed Snapdeal (via a $627 million round) and Housing.com in India.
While supporters say it has enforced party discipline on a central tenet of Republicans' belief, it has also backed them into an absolutist position.
It has also backed new university research positions and is trying to promote centers of excellence.
It has also backed off other demands for sweeping powers to continue military operations there indefinitely.
While the Liberal Party has usually endorsed Democrats, it has also backed Republicans like Mr. Giuliani, Senator Jacob K. Javits and Mayor John V. Lindsay.
