Democrats say administration officials reiterated President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall during a closed-door briefing on Wednesday.

Sen. Dick Durbin Richard (Dick) Joseph DurbinTumultuous court battle upends fight for Senate McConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden MORE (D-Ill.) said "they're sticking with the president's number," when asked if briefers specified a specific amount of money they want for physical barriers.

"The experts say $5.7 billion," Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told reporters. "They're still on the president's message."

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Members of the House-Senate conference committee tasked with striking a deal to resolve the months-long border fight and prevent a second partial government shutdown met with border officials on Wednesday.

Lawmakers emerged from the meeting describing themselves as optimistic they could reach a deal by Feb. 15.

"All of us feel the pressure to get it done … and I think we can," said Durbin.

But the meeting appeared to make no significant breakthrough on the specifics of an agreement, though lawmakers said it would need to include technology, personnel and physical barriers.

Trump has demanded $5.7 billion for the border wall. Democrats have rejected money for a physical wall, but signaled some openness to fencing or other physical barriers.

Cuellar added that he was willing to look at "enhanced barriers" but that his position is "we're not going to do $5.7 billion for a wall, no way."

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Some Republicans had indicated they were wiling to negotiate on the amount of funding for barriers.

Sen. Roy Blunt Roy Dean BluntThis week: Supreme Court fight over Ginsburg's seat upends Congress's agenda McConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Murkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election MORE (R-Mo.) told reporters this week that both sides that "moved off their first positions."

"I think we’re willing to talk about different numbers," he said. "$5.7 is not a magic number, that’s for sure.”