BUDGET STRATEGY--Sen. Mark Mallory, D-Cincinnati, speaks in support of a Democratic-sponsord amendment to the budget bill, while Minority Leader Ben Espy, left, D-Columbus, and Sen. Eric Fingerhut, D-Cleveland plot strategy, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 10, 1999. All seven amendments offered by the Dems were rejected and the bill passed 33-0 . (JACK KUSTRON../photoj.com)