To see if the measures matter, ARIC researchers tracked cardiovascular problems.
If the measures are approved by the Senate they will go on the March ballot.
International officials predict a dire effect if the measures outlined are fully carried out.
Some bishops are already doing this; now, if the measures are approved, all will have to.
A greater problem is that no one knows if the measures will work.
"If the measures adopted by the 14 member states are maintained, the effect will be counterproductive," the report said.
Given the lawsuit, it sounds as if the measures didn't go far enough in stopping bad behavior.
Officials' warnings that political reform will be frozen if the measures fail to pass will give some of them pause.
Yet if the measures pass, it will probably not be because of support here in largely conservative southwest Oregon.
If the measures fail, lawmakers will have to make new cuts or find another way to raise revenue.
Even if the measures had passed, she said, they would not have taken effect in time to affect him personally.
