"President May Sign or Veto Any or All of the Appropriations Bills As spelled out in the Constitution, the President has ten days in which to decide: (1) to sign the bill, thereby making it law; (2) to veto the bill, thereby sending it back to Congress and requiring much of the process to begin again with respect the programs covered by that bill; or (3) to allow the bill to become law without his signature, thereby making it law but doing so without his express approval." http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/federalbudgetprocess/a/budget_page4.htm
why are we looking at percents? we also know that it is the democratic congress which really correlates to the massive spending sprees. But, the neocons were big spending sobs too.
Yep, the president can veto what the congress produces and thereby shut the gov't down - the president can't pass a budget, he can take or leave what congress passes. Big difference.
It also disguises the huge amount of debt added the current administration by looking at it in comparison to the cumulative total of all previous administrations rather than comparing each administration separately.
It also does the same for the previous administration. And the administration before that. And the administration before that. And the administration before that. And the administration before that. Same standard for everyone, yet a distinct pattern emerges none the less.