DEMOCRATIC POINT MAN--Rep. Peter Lawson Jones, D-Shaker Heights, left, gestures as he confers with Rep. Dale Miller, D-Cleveland, during a meeting of the House Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999. Jones is the ranking minority member of the committee, which will attempt to move the tobacco-spending bill to the full House for a vote this week. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)