Richard Durbin · The Republican tax bill is "not being scored by the  Congressional Budget Office, as it is traditionally." — PolitiFact National on  Monday, November 13th, 2017. False. Two trillion here, two trillion there....  Richard Durbin · Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from  $5 trillion to $12 trillion.".
The best way to measure debt by president is with accumulated budget deficits.  Obama added the most dollar-wise and FDR did percentage-wise.
Jan 20, 2017 ... By the close of business on Wednesday, the amount of new debt accumulated  under President Barack Obama topped $9.3 trillion dollars, nearly doubling the  national debt (now at just under $20 trillion) and almot twice the amount of debt  accumulated under President George W. Bush. "Unsustainable" ...
Oct 21, 2017 ... U.S. President George W. Bush (R) walks on the colonnade with then President- elect Barack Obama at the White House on November 10, 2008. Photo by ... The  previous president's federal budget is still in effect for most of that year. ...  President George H.W. Bush created a $1.03 trillion deficit in one term.
In the early 21st century, debt held by the public relative to GDP rose again due  in part to the Bush tax cuts and increased military spending caused by the wars in  the Middle East and a new entitlement Medicare D program. During the  presidency of George W. Bush, debt held by the public increased from $3.339  trillion in ...
Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."