Looking at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index2.html
, we see that the larger ramp-ups in the relative size of the federal
budget occur at:
- 1974-1975 (Gerald Ford, R)
- 1979-1980 (Jimmy Carter, D)
- 1980-1983 (Ronald Reagan, R)
- 1989-1991 (George H.W. Bush Sr., R)
- 2000-2008 (George W. Bush, R)