Mitch McConnell

The decision to prevent the relief from passing came despite another 6.6 million people filing for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total number of Americans who've said they've found themselves jobless in the past three weeks.

Senate Democrats are expected to block a GOP measure for $250 billion more for small businesses and instead offer a broader proposal of their own. How lawmakers will overcome the impasse remains to be seen.

The Senate majority leader's re-election campaign raised $7.45 million in the first three months of the year and has the "most-ever cash on hand for any campaign" in the state's history, with $14.85 million.

"That's so sad," Pelosi said. "They can't handle their jobs, I guess.... but don't blame impeachment on that. Just blame it on the fact that you didn't want to face the reality, and that denial and that delay cost lives."

Republicans want to ensure a $2 trillion relief package is implemented properly before setting their sights on doling out more federal funds.

"They gave us less than 1 percent of the money that they were giving out to cities and states and we have a third of cases in the nation," de Blasio said on Wednesday.

"The family-run restaurant that is trying to stay open and pay its workers—they need a lifeline," said former Vice President Joe Biden.

Pelosi described McConnell's proposal as "not at all pro-worker and [the proposal] puts corporations ahead of working people."

The upper chamber will follow the House's lead and send the proposal to President Donald Trump's desk, the Senate majority leader said.

Sherrod Brown questioned why the Senate majority leader returned to Kentucky given the urgency of passing the bill.

"Oh cool, you're back from your three day weekend?" said commentator Chris Hayes.

Favorability ratings for congressional Republicans and the Senate majority leader have increased since this past October, according to Gallup.

There are a few notable absences from the conservative conference's speakers list this year.

"I find it really offensive," said Sen. Patty Murray.

State Rep. Charles Booker shared his version of rapper Jack Harlow's hit song to take aim at the Senate majority leader.

During an appearance on Fox News, the Senate majority leader said he doesn't plan to pass the bills that are currently in the Senate.

"The president made a wise selection in picking Bill Barr. I think he ought to listen to him," McConnell said.

Images of the group sitting in the Washington office of the Kentucky senator were shared on social media. Their message was: "Your inaction is literally killing us."

"I'll continue to fight to affirm equality and justice for all Americans and use Congress's oversight powers to address the rampant racism, misogyny, and xenophobia of this White House," Pressley said.

"Hey hey, ho ho, Susan Collins has to go," the best-selling author tweeted.

Democrats hoped four swing Republicans would back witnesses, but only two came on board as the Senate voted 51-49 against new evidence.

Joseph Bondy, attorney for Lev Parnas, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Friday, asking that his client be allowed to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

House impeachment manager Adam Schiff on Thursday offered to cap witness depositions to a time limit of one week. "Let's take a week to have a fair trial," he said.

"This is the end game," author Grant Stern wrote on Twitter.

McConnell told colleagues in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday that he can't yet block witnesses.

The co-author of All the President's Men told CNN that Mitch McConnell had a strategy to "wear out his own members" to stop a vote for more witnesses.

More than 43 percent of voters disapprove of the Senate convicting and removing President Donald Trump from office, a new poll by Morning Consult showed.

Footage rediscovered by CNN shows Mitch McConnell explaining that he "voted for live witnesses" during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, a position he no longer takes in regard to the Trump impeachment trial.

"But I'm not going to be making that vote today. I'm going to make that vote after the opening [arguments]," the GOP senator told CNN.

Trump's impeachment trial is expected to begin Tuesday afternoon after a heated debate over GOP rules. It comes after a flurry of preparations by both sides over the weekend.