abstract:A begging letter is a letter to a rich person or organisation, usually written by a poor person, or a person claiming to be poor, begging for money or help.Definition from MacMillan Dictionary online
Ministers, though, want fundamentally to change the culture of councils totting up their needs, and sending a beggingletter to central government to pay the bills.
As you know, the Senate Democrats, Harry Reid sent you a letterbegging you, essentially, to take -- consider some sort of executive action on this debt ceiling issue.