Claim: Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II.
Fact-check: John Cornyn says when Democrats controlled Congress and White House, federal spending as share of economy leapt to 25.2 percent -- a record post-war increase
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2012-08-31T00:00:00