HOUSEHOLDER ENDORSES WEINGART--House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, gestures as he talks about his reasons for endorsing former Cuyahoga County commissioner Lee Weingart for Secretary of State, during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

BUDGET CORRECTION BILL--House Minority Leader Dean DePiero, D-Parma, works the phone prior to the vote on the budget correction bill, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001. Even though the bill cleared the House 53-45, DePiero predicted that "we'll be back to pass another budget corrections bill," he said. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)