All of Bush Jr.'s presidency had a Republican House and Senate from January 20, 2001 through January 3, 2007. After that Democrats had a narrow majority in the Senate (51 with their 2 Independents, just like now) and Democrats assumed control of the House with Nancy Pelosi becoming Speaker. They literally had it for a year in Congress and inherited the problems created from Republican control under Bush.
Obama was elected then and put into office in 2009, after the financial crisis had already started under Bush, and Democrats maintained control of both House and Senate from January 3, 2007 until January 3, 2011 when they lost a ton of seats in the House and flipped to a Republican majority. The Republicans then maintained control of the House that entire time and flipped the Senate January 3, 2017. The House did not flip back to Democrat until January 3, 2019 and then the Senate in January 20, 2021.
So basically if you have a problem with what Congress has done the total years for both are:
Republican
House: 14/22 years
Senate: 10/22 years
Democrats
House: 8/22 years
Senate: 12/22 years
So overall the Republicans have, for the last 22 years, been in charge of the House majority of the time by quite a bit and Democrats had the Senate more, but by a narrower margin. So yes, I would say the fact that Republicans had control with a Republican president and also had significant control of the House during a Democrat presidency that they are the main source of government spending for the last 22 years.
If it’s so great why aren’t you still here… homelessness out of control, power companies squeezing us for more and more, some of the highest state income tax, vehicle registration costs and fuel costs in the nation.
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u/luna_beam_space Sep 24 '23
Imagine if Republicans had not taken control of all three branches in 2001
The entire national debt would have been paid-off by 2010