WASHINGTON, April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after Republicans voted this afternoon – for the third consecutive day –  to block debate on Wall Street reform in the U.S. Senate:

"For the third straight day, Senate Republicans sided with Wall Street over Main Street.  Republican leaders chose obstruction and delay over progress for the middle class, threatening to take our country back to the failed Bush policies that cost us 8 million jobs and decimated the retirements, college savings, and homes of America's families.

"Today, once again, every Senate Republican joined every House Republican in opposing the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: stopping reckless financial practices and restoring transparency, responsibility, and accountability to Wall Street.  Democrats will continue to put the financial security of the American people over the greed of Wall Street and fight for an economy that works for the middle class."

SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House