Since he took office in January of 2009, President Obama has signed into law a massive spending spree that not only failed to deliver on its promise to create jobs, but also plunged us deeper into debt.

The onslaught of new spending was primarily focused on special-interest spending for domestic government agencies. As Democrats dramatically increased the size and scope of the Federal government, families and small businesses continued to work harder to make ends meet.

Table 1 details both defense and non-defense discretionary spending, excluding emergencies. The table breaks spending into base budget increases and stimulus spending on top. Democrats’ appropriation bills increased non-defense discretionary spending by nearly 25 percent – an 84 percent increase when you include the stimulus.

Table 2 details the massive increase in both the base budgets for major government agencies, as well as the added funding provided to each in the failed stimulus. Among the many egregious examples: The Environmental Protection Agency’s budget increased by 36 percent in just two years. When the $7 billion the agency received in stimulus funding is included, the EPA enjoyed a two-year increase of 131 percent.

Source: Congressional Budget Office Score of Enacted Appropriations
^a President Obama signed Public Law 111-8, providing appropriations for all agencies and programs other than those for the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, and Military Construction, which had been provided in Public Law 110-329, signed by President Bush.
^b Reflects only the fiscal year 2009 discretionary spending portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The total estimated cost of the act is $862 billion.