TOBACCO SETTLEMENT AMENDMENT--Sen. Michael Shoemaker, D-Bourneville, gestures as he speaks in favor of his amendment that would divert tobacco settlement money back to farmers, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 13, 2002. Shoemaker's amendment was tabled, and the bill which diverted settlement money into the state's capital fund passed. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TOBACCO TWIST--Sen. Doug White, R-Manchester, who is a tobacco farmer, gestures as he makes a passionate speech regarding the bad rap and lack of replacement income that tobacco farmers are facing, during debate on an amendment that would return some of the settlement money to farmers, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 13, 2002. Sen. White ended up voting to table the amendment and voting for the bill, which would divert tobacco settlement money to the capital fund. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT--Sen. Scott Nein, R-Middletown, gestures as he speaks against a bill that would divert a portion of the state's tobacco settlement money to the capital fund, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 13, 2002. The bill passed.

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, gestures as he speaks with Finance Committee chairman Sen. James Carnes, R-St. Clairsville, prior to debate on a bill that would move tobacco settlement money to the capital fund, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 13, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)