BUDGET CORRECTION HEARINGS--Rep. Edward Jerse, D-Euclid, left, and Sen. Eric Fingerhut, D-Cleveland, confer prior to the start of the House/Senate Conference Committe on the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. The pair are the lone Democrats on the the six-member committee. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron))

BUDGET CORRECTION HEARINGS--Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick G.W. Chu gestures as he testifies before the House/Senate Conference Committee on the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

BUDGET CORRECTION HEARINGS--Sen. Doug White, R-Manchester, questions a witness appearing before the House/Senate Conference Committee on the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. On the left is Sen. Bill Harris, R-Ashland. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

BUDGET CORRECTION HEARINGS---Columbus Chamber of Commerce President Sally Jackson testifies before the House/Senate Conference Committee on the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. Jackson urged the committee not to slash funding for biomedical research. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

BUDGET CORRECTION HEARINGS--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, shares a laugh with Sen. Doug White, R-Manchester, during the second day of hearings by the House/Senate Conference Committee on the budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)