Democrats inherited one of the worst economic crises in our nation’s history, a crisis that is putting put extraordinary stress on millions of American families struggling to pay their bills and invest in their children’s futures.  The road to recovery will be long, but Congress has worked quickly with the Obama Administration to ease the pressure on working families by advancing an economic policy agenda aimed at restoring broad-based growth, reducing the high costs of health care, improving retirement security, and increasing prosperity for all Americans.