Originally Posted by kane

From 1981 -1987 the republicans controlled the Senate. The democrats did retake control in 1988 by a 10 seat margin.

So the Republicans controlled the White house and the Senate yet let the democrats in the house run the show for six years? Somehow I don't think that is very accurate. Why didn't they rail them in? Reagan is known for tripling the national debt during his presidency and much of that spending was done on the military and defense. I would love to see some kind of proof that all of his deficit spending was done to appease a slight democratic majority in the house.