[Reagan Man]

To be fair, Reagan faced a hostile, Democrat-controlled Congress.

WRONG! Republicans controlled the Senate from 1981-1985.

[B Knotts]

Yes, it is true that the Republicans controlled the Senate for six of his eight years. But the House was solidly in Democrat hands for all eight years. I'm just trying to point out that Reagan faced even more of an institutional bias towards government growth than either Bush did.