Topeka ? Despite holding a 92-33 Republican advantage in the House, Gov. Sam Brownback on Wednesday felt the need to visit with House Republicans to urge them to pass a state budget.

“We have to do this and show the public that we can govern,” Brownback told his fellow Republicans during a House GOP caucus meeting.

“I really plead with you,” he said.

The Senate, on a bi-partisan vote Tuesday, approved its $14 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1. The measure includes many of Brownback’s proposals, including cuts to public schools.

But a group of House Republicans want to cut more and have been criticizing the bill produced by the House Appropriations Committee as too expensive.

Brownback urged Republicans to advance a budget even if there are parts of it that they don’t like. Whatever gets approved in the House will end up in a House-Senate conference committee.

House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, said the House will start debate on the budget Thursday. Legislators are trying to adjourn Friday or Saturday before taking a break and then returning later in April.

House Democratic Leader Paul Davis of Lawrence said he was unsure if Brownback’s message will be heeded by Republicans.

“We’ll have to see what comes of that,” he said.

Davis said there has been a lot of discussion among “extreme right wing” Republicans to cut more from the budget.

Legislators are trying to bridge a $500 million revenue shortfall caused by the curtailment of federal stimulus funds, increased social service needs, and the state’s struggling economy.