BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--Rep. Jon Peterson, R-Deleware, gestures as he speaks with a reporter during a break in the House Finance Committee hearing of a budget correction bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. House Bill 40 is the third attempt to balace the budget due to shortfalls in revenue and incorrect projections. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--Scott Pullins, Executive Director Ohio Taxpayers Association and OTA Foundation, listens to testimony before the House Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. Today Gov. Bob Taft said that he would accept a temporary sales tax increase rather that his original proposal to raise taxes on alcohol and tobacco, which the House plans to reject. Mr. Pullins told photoj.com that he "agrees with the House version," would "like to wait until March or April to see where revenues are," and "still favors increased cuts," in state programs. House Bill 40 is the third attempt to balace the budget due to shortfalls in revenue and incorrect projections. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--Susan Cave, Executive Director, Ohio Municipal League, gestures as she testifies before the House Finance Committee in opposition to Gov. Bob Taft's proposed cuts, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. House Bill 40 is the third attempt to balace the budget due to shortfalls in revenue and incorrect projections. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3-- House Finance Committee member Rep. Shawn Webster, R-Millville, sits alone during a break in the action during a hearing of a budget correction bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. House Bill 40 is the third attempt to balace the budget due to shortfalls in revenue and incorrect projections. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--Kim Johnson, Cincinnati United Way, gestures as she testifies before the House Finance Committee in opposition to Gov. Bob Taft's proposed cuts, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. House Bill 40 is the third attempt to balace the budget due to shortfalls in revenue and incorrect projections. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL #3--Members of Childcare Access Retains Employees, CARE, wear their buttons as they attend a hearing of the House Finance Committee,in opposition to Gov. Bob Taft's proposed cuts, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003. House Bill 40 is the third attempt to balace the budget due to shortfalls in revenue and incorrect projections. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)