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[[Senator]] [[Kyle Polo]] first introduced the 10% across the board cut in military spending, now remembered as the failed '''Polo Initiative''', in the [[UEE Senate]] as a bill (AD8-4329).<ref>{{Cite RSI|int=Comm-Link:Congress Now - Senator Polo Unveils Bill|text=Comm-Link:Congress Now - Senator Polo Unveils Bill|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15102-KAIZEN-Government-Spending}}</ref> When it became clear that there was considerable resistance in the legislative process, Polo withdrew it from consideration and reintroduced it as an initiative, to be voted on by the general population of [[UEE]] [[Citizen]]s.<ref>{{Cite RSI|int=Comm-Link:Congress Now - AD8-4329 Hearing|text=Comm-Link:Congress Now - AD8-4329 Hearing|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/14919-Congress-Now}}</ref>

Other names attached to the effort are:

* [[Arthur Warro]] - known for his role as "architect" of the Polo Initiative.<ref>{{Cite RSI|text=Comm-Link:Showdown - The March To ...|int=Comm-Link:Showdown - The March To ... |url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15184-Showdown-The-March-To}}</ref> He is the political attache to Senator Polo.<ref>{{Cite RSI|text=Comm-Link:Showdown - Vote Coverager|int=Comm-Link:Showdown - Vote Coverage |url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/14976-Showdown-Vote-Coverage}}</ref>

* [[Witness]] [[Jeda Cavendash]] who asked Polo to draft the legislation.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite RSI|int=Comm-Link:Empire Report - Election Night Coverage|text=Comm-Link:Empire Report - Election Night Coverage|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15322-Empire-Report-Election-Night-Coverage}}</ref>

The [[Attack on Vega II]] and the increase in hostilities with the [[Vanduul]] doomed the initiative and it was defeated when up elections were held. Polo also lost his seat to [[Sean Debinavi]], a [[Universalist]] from [[Quinton]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

* {{Link RSI|int=Comm-Link:Kaizen - Government Spending|text=Comm-Link:Kaizen - Government Spending|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15102-KAIZEN-Government-Spending}}

* {{Link RSI|int=Comm-Link:Plain Truth - Comm Your Senator|text=Comm-Link:Plain Truth - Comm Your Senator|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/14657-Plain-Truth-Comm-Your-Senator}}

* {{Link RSI|int=Comm-Link:Plain Truth - Bishop's Betrayal|text=Comm-Link:Plain Truth - Bishop's Betrayal|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15029-Plain-Truth-Bishops-Betrayal}}