You are delusional if you think Tommy boy did anything other than support the out of control spending. Perhaps you did not hear this quote from a few years back:
“House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared an “ongoing victory,” and said there is simply no fat left to cut in the federal budget. ...Asked if that meant the government was running at peak efficiency, Mr. DeLay said, “Yes, after 11 years of Republican majority we’ve pared it down pretty good.”
Yeah, sure, a real conservative. Pull your head out of the sand, man.