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“In the midst of an unprecedented national crisis, Republicans can’t seriously expect us to tell people in our communities who are suffering that we shortchanged hospitals, students, workers and small businesses, but gave big corporations hundreds of billions of dollars in a secretive slush fund,” said Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, a top negotiator on the package.

Democrats also said the measure provided insufficient unemployment aid — offering only three months while they have insisted on at least four — and lacked adequate funding for state and local governments, emergency food assistance and relief from student loans.

Earlier in the day, the top four congressional leaders met with Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, to hash out differences over the package. But far from emerging with news of an agreement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who returned from San Francisco on Saturday to take part in the final stages of negotiations, said the House would pursue its own legislation.

“We’ll be introducing our own bill and hopefully, it will be compatible with what they discussed in the Senate,” Ms. Pelosi told reporters as she left a meeting in Mr. McConnell’s office.

In a fiery speech on the Senate floor a few hours later, Mr. McConnell, his voice occasionally rising, blasted Democrats for their reluctance to support the measure after Republicans gave ground and struck several major compromises on their highest priorities.