PolitiFact National on Tuesday, May 9th, 2017. False. Close to what got a fellow  Young Gun a Pants on Fire. Kevin McCarthy · "The Democratic majority led the  111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses  before them combined." — PolitiFact National on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011.
Democratic majority in the 110th began at roughly the same level of approval, but  its ratings plunged to historic lows during 2007 and 2008. When judged by  subsequent election returns, the relative success of the two congresses is  reversed. Following its first majority Congress in 40 years, Republicans suffered  a decisive ...
Its relations with the other branches of government have changed over time.  Generally Congress was more powerful in the 19th century than in the 20th  century, when the presidency (particularly during wartime) became a more  dominant branch. One analyst examining Congressional history suggested there  were four main ...
Mar 24, 2009 ... Presidents Bush and Obama share responsibility for the FY 2009 budget deficit  that overlaps their administrations, before President Obama assumes full ... In  2001 the U.S. government took in more money than it spent and was paying  down on the national debt, the fourth year in a row of surpluses.
The Bush tax cuts had sunset provisions that made them expire at the end of  2010, since otherwise they would fall under the Byrd Rule. Whether to renew the  lowered rates, and how, became the subject of extended political debate, which  was resolved during the presidency of Barack Obama by a two-year extension  that ...
The Democratic majority led the 111th Congress to spend more money in two years than the first 100 congresses before them combined.