From the New Deal to the New Health Care Law with families, neighbors, local churches, charities, and city agencies all unable to meet the economic crisis despite their best efforts, on the eve of the 1932 presidential election, ever more citizens had come to feel that it was time for Uncle Sam to lend a hand. That election produced an overwhelming congressional majority for the Democrats and placed Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House.? Roosevelt created the Cabinet Committee on Economic Security to consider long-term policies.? insurance program--A self-financing government program based on contributions that provide benefits to unemployed or retired persons. for unemployed and elderly