The panel was itself established by the hard-fought 2011 increase in the debt limit.

NPR: Senate To Clear Debt Limit Increase For Obama

The Shays-Meehan bill, like the McCain-Feingold legislation, would ban soft money -- unregulated, unlimited funds to political parties -- and would raise the limit on hard money contributions to individual candidates.

CNN: House to take up campaign finance reform

The Shays-Meehan bill would ban soft money -- unregulated, unlimited funds to political parties -- and it would raise the limit on hard money contributions to individual candidates.

CNN: Supporters vow to vote on campaign finance reform

But if the disruption is much wider and if Venezuelan output remains low, then Julian Lee says Opec could not fill the gap - and it would be hard to see an upper limit to prices.

BBC: NEWS | Business | Opec plans for war footing

The focused sharing space keeps data both private and accessible offline, while free accounts limit the costs to the hub and a 2.5-inch hard drive, if it isn't already in the box.

ENGADGET: Insert Coin: Transporter, the collaborative, internet connected, peer-to-peer storage hub (video)