Senators are expected to come back to the Statehouse on Tuesday and vote on at least one overrides that the House approved last month on 11 of Gov. John Kasich鈥檚 47 budget vetoes.
And as Republicans consider how and what they'll vote on, Senate Democrats are trying to figure out their strategy.
It鈥檚 unclear exactly which of the 11 overrides will be taken up, and it鈥檚 likely only the ones that are certain to pass will come to the floor. With only nine Democrats in the Senate, Minority Leader Kenny Yuko of Richmond Heights knows his caucus doesn鈥檛 have enough votes to stop anything.
Yuko says he鈥檚 just waiting to see what comes up on the agenda.
鈥淭his is anybody鈥檚 guess. As we know, this isn鈥檛 just a one shot deal,鈥� Yuko said. 鈥淭he House gave us 11 overrides. That doesn鈥檛 mean it stops there.鈥�
But Democrats don鈥檛 disagree with all the overrides. Several have supported overriding Kasich鈥檚 rejection of a plan to raise taxes on Medicaid managed care organizations. Transit authorities have said they raise $200 million a year through piggyback taxes on that MCO tax.
