>>See http://ustudies.semo.edu/ui320-75/course/presandcongress.asp Since 1995 both houses of US Congress have been under Republican control except in 2001-2002 when Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont switched from the Republican Party to Independent status and made it 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans and 1 Independent.
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>And your point is?
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>Have a look at http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_porkbarrelreport
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>You made the charge that Bush is incompetant, apparently due to the rise in government spending. Personally, I am aghast at the amount the budget has risen, but what is happening is NOT due to the president's supposed incompetance. It's due to Congress not being able to keep their hands out of the tax payer cookie jar.
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Deficits can come from the spending side or from the tax side.

>Don't like Bush? Fine. But learn some more about how government works in the US before wading in here for a fight. And look to your own house, before throwing stones at mine.

To that I have to say touche, Daniel. I don't like that either.