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Et tu CRomnibus?

December 2, 2014
Blog Post
Apparently, then-Minority Leader John Boehner coined the phrase "CRomnibus" in January 2007 attacking a Democratic spending proposal:

The business before the House of Representatives this week includes consideration of the Democrats' continuing resolution, or CR, on Wednesday. While the details of this Omnibus spending bill – or CROMNIBUS, to coin a hybrid phrase for cramming roughly half the entire federal discretionary budget and assorted policy changes into one vehicle – have not been made public, a few of its figures have been leaked.  [1/28/07]