Despite those losses, Pelosi has insisted Democrats hold the leverage in Congress and in the coronavirus aid negotiations thanks to Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the presidential race. Pelosi said her larger coronavirus package should prevail.

“For six months, Democrats have been pressing Republicans to agree to the next round of coronavirus relief, and for six months, Leader McConnell has insisted on a ‘pause,’ while the White House’s negotiators accused vulnerable families of lying about not being able to pay the bills,” Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill told the Washington Examiner.

McConnell, however, signaled Monday he’s not yielding to Pelosi’s position. He accused the California Democrat of blocking an agreement before the election in a gamble that she could more easily pass her proposal in the wake of a big Democratic victory.

“The speaker of the House spent the entire summer and the entire autumn literally gambling with the health and welfare of the American people,” McConnell said. “She gambled that if American families didn’t get any more relief before the election, her party would expand its majority in the House and Democrats could continue demanding the right to remake all of society along far-Left lines, in exchange for not passing any more COVID relief whatsoever.”

The monthslong stalemate over an aid package appears stalled at least until next year, when Biden will enter the negotiations as the new president.

Republicans are seeking a targeted and smaller coronavirus aid bill worth about $500 billion, which Democrats say is far too narrow to address major economic and health needs brought on by the coronavirus. The GOP bill includes money for healthcare, schools, and day cares, as well as loans for small businesses.

Democrats argue the GOP bill lacks aid for those who cannot pay rent, additional money for food stamps, and sufficient funds to bolster federal unemployment insurance. They are also seeking nearly half a trillion dollars for state, local, and tribal aid.

The House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus aid package in May with near-universal GOP opposition.

Pelosi has since called for spending of up to $3.7 trillion but in private talks with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnunchin lowered the price tag to $2.2 trillion.

“House Democrats sent the GOP Senate the Heroes Act back in May and compromised by $1.2 trillion to send an updated Heroes Act to the Senate in October,” Hammill said. “But as millions of families fall deeper into despair, McConnell’s emaciated proposal gives no stimulus checks, no rental assistance, no nutrition assistance, but does give liability immunity to employers who get their workers sick.”

In a floor speech following McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the GOP is willing to address “only a small list” of the nation’s coronavirus-related needs.

The New York Democrat said the GOP bill does not represent a compromise.

“We need to come together; both sides must give,” Schumer said.