民主党赢回国会：物价能降吗？

Tom Green wrote letters to five hundred companies, but he still hasn't found a job.

He lives in Ohio and used to work at a computer company.

Seven months ago, the company let him go.

His old salary was good.

Those five hundred letters only got him twelve meetings, but not a single company wanted to hire him.

This time, the United States was electing a new Congress, and he voted for the Democratic Party.

He said: "The economy doesn't look very good — at least that's how it seems to me."

Many Americans feel the same way he does.

When they voted, everyone was thinking about the same thing: life is too expensive.

The Democrats won and took Congress back from the other side.

The U.S. Congress is divided into two parts: one is the Senate, and the other is the House of Representatives.

In the Senate, the Democrats got fifty-four seats.

In the House, they also won back many seats.

In Ohio, Sherrod Brown won back a Senate seat for them.

Ohio voters also elected a Democratic governor.

Green voted for both of these people.

What everyone cares about most is money: wages aren't enough to live on.

As of September, prices had risen 3.7 percent over the year.

Wages are rising too, but not as fast as prices.

Buying a house requires borrowing a lot of money, and in September the U.S. central bank raised interest rates a little more.

But there is very little this party can do.

For Congress to pass something new, the Senate needs sixty votes in favor.

They only have fifty-four seats in the Senate.

The president can also say no and send it back.

The current president doesn't think the same way they do.

He also added fees on goods coming from other countries.

These goods are sold at higher prices in the United States.

There is a war over in Iran, and prices have gone up too.

Congress can't do anything about these things.

Debbie Dingell in Congress is discussing with everyone what to do first.

She said the first thing is to restore two kinds of health care funding, and to do it quickly.

These two kinds of funding are used by the government to help people with little money see a doctor.

The government used to pay more, but later it paid less.

But helping also brings new problems.

When the government spends too much money, things may become even more expensive.

So making life cheaper is not so easy.

The Democrats will soon control Congress.

Green is still waiting for a phone call; he wants to have a job again.