OHIO MEDICAID BUDGET--Gov. Bob Taft gestures during a news conference concerning proposed cuts to the state's medicaid program, in order to balance the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003. Also seen are Ohio Dept. of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Tom Hayes, and ODJFS medicaid specialist Barb Edwards. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

OHIO MEDICAID BUDGET-- Ohio Dept. of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Tom Hayes gestures while Gov. Bob Taft confers with ODJFS medicaid specialist Barb Edwards, during a news conference concerning proposed cuts to the state's medicaid program, in order to balance the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003. Nearly one million Ohioans could lose some coverage under the proposal. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CONGRESSIONAL DEMS BLAST BUSH TAX CUTS--Democratic U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown is flanked by U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003. The trio blasted president Bush's tax cutting proposals. Also seen on the far left is Ohio House Minority Leader Chris Redfern and on the right Senate Minority Leader Greg DiDonato. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CONGRESSIONAL DEMS BLAST BUSH TAX CUTS--Democratic U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown is flanked by U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003. The trio blasted president Bush's tax cutting proposals. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)