Despite repeated pleas by Sen. Ronnie Musgrove, the chairman of the Senate education committee, and support from Gov. Kirk Fordice, the bill was defeated, 31 to 17... (edweek.org)
As I received repeated pleas for business from the resume writer, I became even more furious. (asktheheadhunter.com)
Despite repeated pleas from Stewart - Cousins and other liberals, Cuomo refused to try and broker a coalition deal between her mainline conference, the IDC and State Senator Simcha Felder, a renegade Brooklyn Democrat who has always sat with the Republicans. (observer.com)