[Destro]

You distort the truth. Besides a brief period of control of only one one house of congress, the Reagan presidency did not have control of the congress and thus was at the mercy of their purse strings. His policies caused an INCREASE in revenue and it was congress that spent that surplus rather than shrink govt.

Bush controls BOTH houses of congress, what is his excuse for the spending increases?

[nopardons]

Unlike you, I haven't " distorted " a thing.And while it may appear that the GOP has a majority in the Senate, it is NOT filibuster proof, so thin, that it can't provide much help, if any, to the president, and yes, Congress holds the purse strings, but everything I said about President Reagan IS true and uncrontroverftable.