SENATE BUDGET HEARINGS--Sen. Leigh Herington, D-Ravenna, center, laughs as Senate Finance Committee members Mark Mallory, D-Cincinnati, left, and Bob Hagan, D-Youngstown, plot strategy during a hearing on the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 1, 2002. The Republican controlled legislature is faced with solving a $1.25 billion shortfall in revenue and is looking at a possible fifty-cent-a-pack tax increase on cigarettes. The Democrates are withholding their support for the time being. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)