THE PROPER WAY TO ADDRESS A GOLF BALL--Sen. Roy Ray, R-Akron, holds a golf ball during debate on the tabacco-settlement spending bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tueseday, Nov. 9, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TRYING TO STOP SPENDING BILL--Sen. Eric Fingerhut, D-Cleveland, speaks against passage of a partisan tobacco-settlement spending bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)