PRESENT AND FUTURE--House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R-Reynoldsburg, and speaker-elect Larry Householder, R-Glenford, confer during session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

ATTEMPT TO AMEND--Rep. Jim Jordan, Urbana, gestures as he offers an amendment to legislation having to do with Medicaid spending, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

STANDING OVATION--Members of the House rise to bid farewell to Rep. John Bender, D-Elyria, during session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000. Bender, a victim of term limits, is a graduate of Pittsburgh's Central Catholic High School, which also produced photoj.com's Jack Kustron. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

GUEST INVOCATOR--Minister Jerrie L. Bascome McGill, of Dayton's Tabernacle Baptist Church recites the Pledge of Allegiance, after delivering the Invocation to begin House session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000. McGill is also superintendent of the Dayton Public Schools. Behind McGill is House speaker Jo Ann Daividson. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)