Yes host republicans have been bad boys spending, something Clinton couldn't do since he lost the house. I've posted this before. This is why they should lose the house, and why many republicans are upset.
It was also projected surplus, and we had that little recession, we all knew it was comming yet somehow was such a shock to people after 2000.
Edit:As a side note I'd love for ratbastid to be correct on this one, I'd like it to be a grand plan instead of porkbarrel