Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia the following month and a regional coalition led by the Saudis intervened in the conflict, imposing a blockade and launching a campaign of airstrikes against Houthi installations.
Perhaps Congress could finance the nationwide deployment of a modern voting system by imposing a tax on political campaign spending.
In a last-ditch attempt to frustrate the bill, Lord Harries, who chairs the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement representing more than 100 groups, warned it would be a "bureaucratic nightmare" and accused ministers of imposing a "huge regulatory burden on campaigning groups".
Federal prosecutors said the $8.6 million fine was the largest ever imposed in a campaign finance case.
But prison didn't stall Stefan Eriksson's pursuit of wealth beyond legal means, nor his lust for regional power imposed through a campaign of violent intimidation.
Despite his 15 percentage point loss to Mr. Romney, a defiant Mr. Gingrich, flanked by supporters waving signs that read "46 States to Go,"vowed to impose a "people-powered" campaign on the establishment and to become the party's nominee in August.
He voted for the 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act, which imposed a $1,000 limit on campaign contributions, which he said worked pretty well for the 1976, 1980 and 1984 elections, before the blossoming of soft money.
That's one reason advocates are campaigning for more deterrents, including a campaign to impose a 10percentt excise tax on soft drinks.
In the last two weeks, it became even more obscure as the Campaign Finance Board imposed a conditional moratorium on campaign spending and candidates tiptoed around campaigning for fear of alienating voters in the wake of the World Trade Center attacks.
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