Donna Brazile Says Pelosi Working On Counter To Trump Proposal; Pelosi Denies

Former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile told Fox News Thursday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would soon put forward "an alternative package" in a bid to end the ongoing partial government shutdown.Show more

Brazile told "The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino" that she did not know exactly when the measure would be announced, but said it would contain "a lot of border security items."

"I think what you're seeing now in the Senate, you'll see it in the House soon," Brazile said. "We want to get this government shutdown over."

Earlier Thursday, Pelosi denied reports that House Democrats were working on a counteroffer to President Trump's demand for $5.7 billion to fund his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

"That's not true." Pelosi told reporters at her weekly news conference. "That's not true. That's not true."

"We are doing what we have been doing all along," the speaker added. "We have been working on our congressional responsibility to write bills – appropriations bills to keep government open. Many of those bills have come to the floor again and again just this week."

Democratic leaders have repeatedly insisted that the government fully reopen before any negotiations on a border barrier can begin.