CAN WE TALK--Senate Minority Leader-elect Rhine McLin, left, D-Dayton, confers with Sen. Mike Shoemaker, D-Bourneville, during debate on tax-relief legislation, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 17, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SMILES--Sen. Louis Blessing, left, R-Cincinnati, and Sen. Grace Drake, R-Solon, share a laugh as Democratic amendments are distributed, during session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 17, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

LOOKS LIKE MOM--Former first-daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower stands as she is aknowledged by Senate President Richard Finan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 17, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)