But the Devil is a tricky dude. Under Bush-sub-1 and a Democratic Congress, domestic spending increased more rapidly than it has under Clinton. Bush invaded the Gulf, Clinton . . . you know. Reagan set out to reform welfare and begat a mouse. Bush didn't do anything in that vein that I remember.
It always comes down to the Supreme Court. I wonder how often Clinton's appointees voted differently from the others, putting aside Scalia and Thomas.
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