Governor John Kasich
COLUMBUS — “The vote Tuesday means the House doesn’t have the 60 votes needed to override a potential veto.
Sen. Bill Seitz (R-Green Township), who sponsored the initial companion Senate Bill 320, and Rep. Ron Amstutz’s (R-Wooster), sponsor of the House Bill 554, said these alterations are a compromise with Kasich. The governor has given no indication he sees it that way.
On Tuesday, Kasich addressed the House of Representatives, wishing them a happy holiday and thanking them for their service to the people of Ohio. He didn’t say a word about the legislation they would later pass. But he did advise the room of politicians to speak up when they feel strongly for or against something.
Republican Rep. Mike Duffey, of Worthington, took the comment to heart related to the bill.
‘The governor said it’s ‘OK’ to object,’ Duffey said. So he did.”‘
— Carrie Blackmore Smith, Cincinnati Enquirer
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