Moreover, political gridlock will ensure that little is done about the other festering problems confronting the American economy: mortgage foreclosures are likely to continue unabated (legal complications aside); small and medium-sized enterprises are likely to continue to be starved of funds; and the small and medium-sized banks that traditionally provide them with credit are likely to continue to struggle to survive.
此外，政治僵局也将导致美国政府在另一个不断恶化的经济难题上难有作为：抵押贷款赎回权取消（mortgage foreclosures，意指贷款人因无法偿还而被银行收回房产）的风潮将愈演愈烈（先不管其同时引发的法律纠纷），中小企业依旧无法得到贷款，而那些往常贷款给他们的中小型银行则将继续挣扎在死亡线上。