The budget has gone up in real dollars.
She's playing a game where someone proposes a "number" well beyound reasonable and when that's not funded, they call it a "cut".
Murphy had only lied about the budget, but was lying about Code Pink not being connected with the 3 disruptors who hassled us weeks ago.
She denied all knowledge and questioned why I was making up the story. I said I could email her the photos of the disruptors with their "Kill the Poor" signs. She said that she saw them, but the disruptors were not connected with Code Pink.
I told her that we have photos of the disruptors, including the loony who claimed to have a gun in his pocket, when they were making their signs with the Pinkos. She said that the three just happened to make their signs next to the Code Pink people.
Murphy's not even a very good liar, just a habitual liar.