TIME FOR SUMMER BREAK--Senate Pres. Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, gavels the Senate to order, on Thursday, May 25, 2000. The body will take be in recess until September. Next to Finan is Rev. Joe Hotchkiss, who gave the Invocation. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

WHAT'S THE PLAY?--Senate Minority Leader Rhine McLin, center, D-Dayton, huddles-up with a group from her caucus during a roll-call vote, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 25, 2000. Also seen from left, are: Sen. Mark Mallory, D-Cincinnati, Sen. Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown, Minority Whip Mike Shoemaker, D-Bourneville, Sen. McLin, Sen. Dan Brady, D-Cleveland, and seated, Sen. Erik Fingerhut, D-Cleveland. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

A PAUSE IN THE ACTION--Sen. Robert Cupp, R-Lima, ponders a question during session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 25, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

A DAY AT THE STATEHOUSE--Students from Muskingum County's Crooksville Elementary School listen to debate in the Senate, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 25, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

THAT GUY LIKES YOU TOO--House Minority Leader Jack Ford, right, D-Toledo, gestures as he appears with U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Ted Celeste, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, May 25, 2000. Celeste appeared with a group of House and Senate Democrats to annouce that they were backing him in his contest against incumbant U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine, R-OH. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)