Senate moderates led by Sens. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsClub for Growth to spend million in ads for Trump Supreme Court nominee Maryland's GOP governor says Republicans shouldn't rush SCOTUS vote before election The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November MORE (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) ManchinManchin defends Supreme Court candidate Barrett: 'It's awful to bring in religion' The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump, GOP allies prepare for SCOTUS nomination this week Trump meets with potential Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett at White House MORE (D-W.Va.) hope to convene a meeting on Wednesday afternoon to discuss a solution to the border crisis.

The meeting comes a day after Republican leaders said they hoped to pass a narrowly-tailored bill to keep immigrant families together at the border if they are detained for illegal crossing.

But that legislation would need 60 votes to pass, meaning Republicans would need the support of at least 10 Democrats.

Manchin, who is among the Democratic senators running for reelection this year in a state won by 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 in 2016, said he could support legislation that keeps families together.

ADVERTISEMENT

“We’re trying to get a group together this afternoon,” he said. “I can support anything that keeps the families together but also takes the border security into account."

"It's basically a common-sense caucus," he added while describing the senators who would be invited to the meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerCruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Senate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Schumer interrupted during live briefing by heckler: 'Stop lying to the people' MORE (D-N.Y.) has dismissed the prospect of passing a bill to keep families together as impractical and wants Trump to handle the problem administratively.

Trump signaled around lunchtime on Wednesday that he would sign an executive order intended to end the practice of separating children from their parents who illegally cross the border.

“We want to keep families together. It’s very important. I’ll be signing something in a little while that’s going to do that,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with GOP lawmakers at the White House.

Trump's comments came as Democrats acknowledged that they would be forced to look at legislative action if the president refused to unilaterally seek a change in his administration's policy.

“If he’s not going to do anything — he has the power to do it — I’m sure we’ll look for alternatives that are reasonable,” Schumer said Tuesday.

Some of the same moderates who plan to meet Wednesday were active earlier this year during the government shutdown over Trump's decision to cancel the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shielded from deportation illegal immigrants who came to the country as children.

The group met regularly to find a compromise on immigration to reopen the government.

Eventually Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFEC flags McConnell campaign over suspected accounting errors Poll: 59 percent think president elected in November should name next Supreme Court justice Mark Kelly: Arizona Senate race winner should be sworn in 'promptly' MORE (R-Ky.) agreed to a weeklong open immigration debate in February.