BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--With the portrait of former Senate President Richard Finan hanging in the renamed Finan Finance Room, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bill Haris, R-Ashland, gestures as he speaks with Sen. John Carey, R-Wellston, right, and Sen. Jay Hottinger, R-Newark, prior to a hearing of HB 40, the third try at balancing the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003. The House passed the bill yesterday without raising sin taxes, which were requested by governor Bob Taft, but the Senate may add a temporary one-percent sales tax to the House bill. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--Sen.Jeff Jacobson, R-Dayton, right, confers with Sen. Eric Fingerhut, D-Cleveland, during a hearing on HB 40, the third attempt to balance the budget, by the Senate Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003. The House passed the bill yesterday without raising sin taxes, which were requested by governor Bob Taft, but the Senate may add a temporary one-percent sales tax to the House bill. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--Sen. Ray Miller, D-Columbus, gestures as he questions a wittness, during a hearing on HB 40, the third attempt to balance the budget, by the Senate Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003. The House passed the bill yesterday without raising sin taxes, which were requested by governor Bob Taft, but the Senate may add a temporary one-percent sales tax to the House bill. Also seen is Democratic staffer Sarah Beachy. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--Tom Jackson, president of the Ohio Grocers Association, gestures as he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, during a hearing on HB 40, the third attempt to balance the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003. The House pleased Jackson's group by passing the bill without the raising of taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, and he asked the Senate to not include the tax in its version, as well. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)