GOP pair back limit on Ohio's spending:2 to push bills based on Blackwell'

[Judi Lynn]

Article published Friday, January 14, 2005

GOP pair back limit on Ohio's spending
2 to push bills based on Blackwell's plan

By JAMES DREW
BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF


COLUMBUS - Backing a proposal from Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, two Republican lawmakers said yesterday they plan to introduce measures to limit government spending and make it tougher to raise taxes.

If voters approve, the constitutional amendment would require at least a three-fifths majority of the House and Senate, and then a majority vote of Ohioans to increase state spending - if the increase is higher than the inflation rate plus the rate of population increase.

Mr. Blackwell, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor in 2006, said: "We fundamentally believe what Patrick Henry believed; that constitutions are not vehicles for the government to restrain the people. To the contrary, constitutions are vehicles for the people to restrain government."
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