He managed to push Mr Osborne into agreeing that the committee would have to approve the firing of the head of the OBR as well - an important extra concession.
That atmosphere has ramped up with the injury to starting QB Tony Romo, their abysmal record of 1-7 which has them now sitting at in dead last in the NFC East, and the firing of head coach Wade Phillips.
The alleged documents leak, along with the firing of the head of the Vatican Bank, are aimed at weakening the authority of the pope's second-in-command, they say.