They probably learned from watching the Bush Administration and GOP controlled Congress.
Bush increased Government spending more than any President in the past 30 years. Twice as fast as his father and even much, much faster than Clinton in his second term when the Clinton Administration was on a bender.
I'm almost thinking this could be a deke considering the words from the Obama spokesperson. It would be brilliant to have the House pass a huge bill just so P Obama could use the Veto
-spence