Supporters of the space station said they would try to persuade the House to increase spending for the project to $1.9 billion.

He also said his "let us reason together" approach would persuade legislators to increase state aid for education.

In 1992, however, she persuaded the Legislature to increase minimum lifetime medical insurance benefits for individuals to $500,000.

In persuading Viacom to increase its offer, Paramount has given shareholders a chance to choose between similar, and stronger, offers.

In a letter to shareholders, Ocean Drilling said it had tried to persuade Murphy to increase the offer.

The major purpose was to persuade the states to increase their appropriations and services to the blind.

Republican leaders said they would shift the focus of their attack to the administration's efforts to persuade domestic refineries and oil-producing countries to increase production.

On Wednesday he plans to announce a campaign to persuade Congress to increase his powers to negotiate trade agreements.

The British Government's preferred solution is to persuade France and others to increase their alcohol taxes.

Over the years he persuaded Congress to increase annual federal spending on the gallery from $3.2 million to $52.3 million.