House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the subject of retirement rumors as recently as a month ago, is asserting herself in the battle over the fiscal cliff and readying for battle in the 113th Congress.

“In the course of this Congress, we have voted for the Budget Control Act and we have voted for a few hundred billion dollars more in cuts. That’s over the next 10 years: $1.6 trillion in cuts. That’s enough,” the California Democrat said in an interview Wednesday.

Pelosi’s emphasis that Democrats have signed off on spending cuts follows her statements on the House floor Tuesday, when she challenged Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, to reach a deal minutes after he was on the floor to advocate for more specific cuts from the White House on a fiscal deal.

While careful not to draw a firm line against new spending cuts in President Barack Obama’s budget that are on the table in fiscal cliff talks, Pelosi’s focus on the size of spending cuts already enacted sets her apart from other Democratic leaders.

“He has $400 billion in [spending cuts] in his budget,” Pelosi added, regarding the breadth of the cuts already agreed to before the elections.