Bush for 99 percent of the country but raised rates on household incomes above $450,000. . Northern House Republicans voted 70 to 67 for the deal, while southerners opposed it 84 to 15 even though without a compromise the entire country would face a $4.6 trillion tax increase over 10 years...…

Bush was elected and Republicans still controlled both houses of Congress, spending and earmarks exploded, the education was expanded with No Child Left Behind, Medicare was expanded to include prescription drugs, and numerous other new federal programs were created.. ..…