The Senate Bipartisan Coalition is responsible for the outlandish spending we have today. It set the baseline budget so high with wasteful spending for the various Departments that it is nigh impossible to politically reduce the budget. This Coalition started in 2007 and lasted through 2012 and the budget skyrocketed during that time from $3.4 billion to an astounding $7 billion. Lots of horse trading, back scratching and pork festing going on by both Ds and Rs.