Both the education bill and the prescription drug bill were campaign promises he made. Apparently you weren't paying attention.
I am now. It's my money that he's stealing. At least when Clinton was in the White House, my party wrestled him into a headlock and made him cry the politico-philisophical equivalent of "uncle": "The era of big government is over."
We got control of the football and three years later, the quarterback is running the wrong way and the congress is asleep against the dem defense. The dims don't have to do anything to win with George "Touchback" Bush calling the shots.