Incoming White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney Mick MulvaneyOn The Money: House panel pulls Powell into partisan battles | New York considers hiking taxes on the rich | Treasury: Trump's payroll tax deferral won't hurt Social Security Blockchain trade group names Mick Mulvaney to board Mick Mulvaney to start hedge fund MORE on Sunday said it is "very possible" the current partial government shutdown will extend into the new Congress.

“I don’t think things are going to move very quickly here for the next couple days. … I think it’s very possible the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new Congress," Mulvaney said during an interview on "Fox News Sunday."

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The new Congress, which will include a Democratic majority in the House, is set to take office on Jan. 3.

The government has been in a partial shutdown since Saturday, with lawmakers unable to come to an agreement on President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's demand for $5 billion in funding for a wall along the southern border.

Mulvaney added that he believes House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiHoyer: House should vote on COVID-19 aid — with or without a bipartisan deal Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme Court McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE's (D-Calif.) bid to be the next Speaker could be affecting negotiations over the border wall.

"I think she’s now in that unfortunate position of being beholden to her left-wing, where she cannot be seen agreeing with the president on anything until after she’s Speaker," he said. "If that’s the case, I think there’s a chance we go into the next Congress.”

Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Pelosi, said in a statement that Democrats in the House "are united in their opposition to the President’s immoral, expensive and ineffective wall."

"As Mr. Mulvaney well knows, House Democrats are united in their opposition to the President’s immoral, expensive and ineffective wall. The sooner the White House recognizes the need to stop the posturing and start serious bipartisan talks, the sooner we can end the Trump Shutdown," Hammill said.

Mulvaney, who is currently the director of the Office of Management and Budget, also said the White House has made a "counteroffer" to Democrats on the border wall of between $1.3 billion and $5 billion.

“They were at 1.3 yesterday, we were at $5 billion a couple days ago. And the counteroffer that we gave them yesterday was between those two numbers," he said.