Pelosi: This Subject is Not Over

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) today said that the discussion of economic reforms is far from over, warning that broader economic problems will push Congress to discuss reforms past today’s expected vote on a Wall Street bailout plan.

“Make no mistake,” Pelosi said on the House floor today. “When this chamber adjourns to observe Rosh Hashana, it will be doing so at the request of the chair, because this subject of how we fix our economy is not over.”

Pelosi said bailout talks with the Bush administration over the weekend had been tough, and that Democrats met with resistance from administration negotiators when they expressed fears that Wall Street CEOs would be saved while other Americans would pick up the tab.