But that timetable was in jeopardy after House and Senate Republicans writing the measure were unable to make public a final proposal by Sunday evening.
Those involved in writing the measure said they restricted it to those firms by using a definition that applied to major oil companies with certain levels of revenue.
Senator Larry E. Craig, the Idaho Republican who is on the House-Senate conference committee that is writing the measure, is the chief proponent of a proposal to spend more than $1 billion in Idaho to build a nuclear reactor that could produce hydrogen, as well as electricity.
In his 1920 critique, "The Economic Consequences of the Peace," the celebrated University of Chicago economist Thorstein Veblen wrote, "the measures hitherto taken in the execution of this peace treaty's provisional terms throw something of an air of fantasy over Mr. Keynes's apprehensions".
Asked whether he thinks it appropriate to shut them out for one night and to forbid bringing larger bags afterwards, McDonald writes, "The measures in place are appropriate to the security task".
Selling the amendments to voters on the basis of encouraging voter participation also masks the fact that the terms of some officials who wrote the measures would be extended 18 months to accommodate the change in the elections schedule.
That's the problem with legislating by initiative — voters tend to make their choices based on the general policy or philosophical thrust of each ballot measure without delving into statutory details and without necessarily embracing or even grasping the wider political agendas of those who write the measures.
In his postscript for the musician Lou Reed, who died on Sunday, Sasha Frere-Jones writes, "The measure of his influence and importance dwarfs the news item, the obituary, the tribute.
Representative Dan Maffei, a freshman Democrat from New York who helped write the measure to protect the dealers, said that in his case, local car dealers strongly supported the opposition.
By Sky Dylan-Robbins October 28, 2013 In his postscript for the musician Lou Reed, who died on Sunday, Sasha Frere-Jones writes, "The measure of his influence and importance dwarfs the news item, the obituary, the tribute.
