no… they didnt.

both instances you list was a republican congress forcing a president to cut budgets. If you want to argue that when Rs had total control they spent too much still you wont get much argument.

Both Clinton and Obama had to be bent over a barrel with government shutdowns before they signed those budgets.

instead of looking at who was president, color the deficit graph by who controlled congress, since congress sets the buget…

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