Big medical expenses
More Americans worry about facing big, unexpected medical expenses now than they did in July up 7 percentage points to 68 percent among those polled. Likewise, more worry that the value of their stocks and retirement investments will drop up 4 percentage points from July to 68 percent.
In October, then President Bush pushed a $700-billion financial rescue package through Congress on the condition that only half could be spent without further congressional authority Obama, upon becoming president in January succeeded in getting the second amount released, despite growing apprehension among lawmakers about the wisdom of such a bailout.
Obama has repeatedly said that the rescue of the financial sector would be incomplete without a new regulatory regime that would prevent a recurrence of the crisis. Obama has sent the outlines of possible regulation to Congress.
Promise of lawmakers
Key lawmakers in the House and Senate have promised Obama legislation by the end of the year, but there is vigorous debate over key elements of Oba
ma’s plan.