REPUBLICANS RULE--Ohio Senate Pres. Richard Finan, right, R-Cincinnati, gestures as he and Sen. Roy Ray, R-Akron, listen to debate on the school-funding bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1998. The one-cent sales tax bill, which passed by a 20-13 margine, will go to the voters for approval on May 5.