About $135 million was spent in the battle over Proposition 32, which would outlaw political donations by labor unions.
Proposition 77, which would outlaw gerrymandering, is reviled by the Democrats as "a Republican power-grab though it could also be a Democratic one.
Lib Dems (p42): "[We will be] Introducing a general anti-avoidance rule which would outlaw contrived structures designed purely or largely to avoid tax".
Still, conservatives are pushing hard for a "color-blind" (and gender-blind) Constitution, which would outlaw affirmative action in employment and education.
Backers of the measure, which would outlaw the procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion, say they hope to have it on Mr. Bush's desk later this fall.
In October, Carling-Jenkins introduced the infant viability bill, which would outlaw abortions past 20 weeks and potentially imprison doctors who performed them.
Mr. Gore has said that his first legislative priority as president would be passage of the McCain-Feingold bill, which would outlaw soft money contributions.
Farghadani's cartoon was drawn in reaction to two separate bills being considered by MPs which would outlaw voluntary sterilisation, restrict access to contraceptives, and tighten divorce laws, which are already weighted in men's favour.
