Word: phonier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leaders produced a budget that looks very much like the Senate document but, somehow, projects $ 15 billion less spending. How did they accomplish that feat? An aide to Senate Republican chiefs had a simple answer: "They lie." Retorted an aide to the House G.O.R leaders: "Our numbers are no phonier than anyone else's." At this point, not one of the budget resolutions seems able to win the 218 House votes needed for passage...