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For fiscal years 2004-2005 the State of Ohio will spend nearly $49 Billion, which is an increase of more than $3.8 BILLION.

Legislators on both sides of the aisle admit it provides for the largest budget increase in our state history, while our state is concurrently in an economic slump.

To contact your state official and let them know what you think click here.

News
The State Budget is How Big?
The Public Square

Ohio Ends its Fiscal Year with a $180.7 M Surplus
Toledo Blade

State Tax Charts are Out-of-Date
Gannett News Service

Economy Not to Blame for States' Budget Woes
USA Today

Budget Conferees take out Scissors
Columbus Dispatch

Lawmakers Compromise on Two-Year State Budget
The Plain Dealer

HOW THEY VOTED
Roll Call

Yea

House Republicans: Reps. Aslanides, Callender, Calvert, Carmichael, Cates, Clancy, Collier, Core, Daniels, DeWine, Clyde Evans, David Evans, Flowers, Gibbs, Hagan, Hollister, Hoops, Husted, Jolivette, Kearns, Kilbane, Latta, Martin, McGregor, Oelslager, Olman, Patton, Peterson, Raga, Reinhard, Schaffer, Schlichter, Schmidt, Schneider, Seitz, Setzer, Smith, Stewart, Trakas, Walcher, Webster, White, Widener, Wolpert and Householder.

House Democrats: Reps. Beatty, DeBose, Key, Patton, Price, Sykes, Woodard and Yates.

Senate Republicans: Senators Amstutz, Armbruster, Austria, Blessing, Carey, Carnes, Randy Gardner, Robert Gardner, Goodman, Harris, Jacobson, Mumper, Nein, Schuring, Stivers and White

Senate Democrats:  Senators Brady, DiDonato, Mallory, Miller, Prentiss and Roberts

Nay

House Republicans: Reps. Blasdel, Brinkman, Buehrer, Faber, Fessler, Gilb, Grendell, Hughes, Niehaus, Raussen, Reidelbach, Taylor, Wagner, Widowfield, Willamowski, Williams and Young

House Democrats: Reps. Allen, Barrett, Boccieri, Book, Brown, Carano, Chandler Cirelli, DePiero, Distel, Domenick, Driehaus, Hartnett, Harwood, Jerse, Koziura, Mason, Miller, Otterman, Perry, Redfern, Seaver, Sferra, Skindell, Smith, Stewart, Strahorn, Ujvagi, and Wilson

Senate Republicans: Senators Coughlin, Hottinger, Jordan, Schuler, Spada and Wachtmann

Senate Democrats: Senators Dann, Fedor, Fingerhut and Hagan

 

If you would like to listen to the audio of the floor discussion of the budget in the Ohio Senate, click on the link below.
http://www.oll.state.oh.us - Click on "Search the Archives"  then select Senate "Find It". Scroll down to 6/19/03  Senate 01:34:25 and click on it to hear the audio and see the video.

If you would like to listen to the audio of the floor discussion of the budget in the Ohio House, click on the link below.
http://www.oll.state.oh.us - Click on "Search the Archives" then select House "Find It". Scroll down to   6/19/03 House 01:36:47 and click on it to hear the audio and see the video.

The chronological order of speakers on the floor -- in case you want to fast forward to a particular legislator: Senate:  Harris, Amstutz, Fingerhut, Wachtmann, R. Miller, Randy Gardner, Prentiss, and DiDonato
House:  Calvert, Grendell, Sykes, Sferra, Domenick, Husted, Beatty, Gilb, Hoops, Hartnett, Faber, Jerse, Schaffer, Redfern

Please consider giving your legislator your own feedback, based on their comments and/or their vote. Click here for contact information.


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