FusionCharts.
 
Notes:
  • The columns indicate party control of the federal government. The House, the Senate and the President each are worth 1 pt. So if all three are Republican you will get a red bar 3 units long downward (the direction you would expect spending to go). If house and senate are Democrats and President Republican you would see a blue bar up 2 units.
  • The vertical lines indicate presidential turnover, red for Republican blue for Democrat. A thick vertical line is a change in party, a thin one is same party. (See below for presidential years)
  • Presidents:
  • Bush - 2001-09
  • Clinton - 1993-00
  • Bush - 1988-92
  • Reagan - 1981-88
  • Carter - 1977-80
  • Ford - 1975-76
  • Nixon - 1969-74
  • Johnson - 1964-68
  • Kennedy - 1961-63
  • Eisenhower - 1953-60
  • Truman - 1946-52
  • Roosevelt - 1933-45