This is interesting, the debt around the time Bush took office, then the debt around the time the Democrats took over the House, then the debt when Obama took over, then the debt when the Republicans took over the House:
01/19/2001 5,727,776,738,304.64
1/19/2007 8,675,085,083,537.48
01/21/2009 10,625,053,544,309.79
1/21/2011 14,060,136,959,466.51
So the debt rose 3 trillion in 6 years under Bush, but rose 2 trillion in 2 years Democrats had the House, and in the 4 years they had the House debt rose almost 6 trillion.