COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Senate has approved a plan to pay cash bonuses to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 32-0 Wednesday to provide $100 for every month of service, up to $1,000, to veterans of the conflicts. The House, controlled by Democrats, is expected to take up a similar measure in the coming days.
Voters would have to approve the plan on the November ballot because the bonuses would be paid for from selling bonds.
Late last year when both chambers were controlled by Republicans, the Legislature passed a veterans bonuses bill that used money from the state's rainy-day fund. But Gov. Ted Strickland vetoed it.
Strickland, a Democrat, favors using bonds.
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