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Ohio Legislature Languishes as News of Jobs Cuts Ring In New Year
The cost of legislation in Ohio for 2007? -- "The 132 members of the Ohio General Assembly met a total of 37 days in the House and 43 in the Senate. From a production standpoint...only 27 [bills] have become law. From a cost standpoint, the combination of base salaries for legislators of $58,933 a year and the cost of their staffs – Senate employs about 125 staffers, House employs 190 staffers -- about $12.3 million per year for the Senate .. and $22 million for the House..."
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GOP blocks criminal checks for legislators
On a day when state senators approved requiring background checks for dozens of licensed occupations, one powerful group of Ohioans managed to escape the same scrutiny.
State lawmakers themselves.
Partisan tempers flared on the Senate floor Tuesday as majority Republicans threw a rare procedural block on a Democrat poised to offer an amendment requiring that state lawmakers be subject to criminal background checks.
http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2007/12/gop_blocks_criminal_checks_for.html