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		</div><p>A splintered Senate has voted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 35-day partial government shutdown in the United States.</p>
<p>However, the twin setbacks prompted a burst of bipartisan talks aimed at temporarily halting the longest-ever closure of federal agencies and the damage it is inflicting around the country.</p>
<p>In the first serious exchange in weeks, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell quickly called minority leader Chuck Schumer to his office to explore potential next steps for solving the stalemate.<br />
Senators from both sides floated a plan to reopen agencies for three weeks and pay hundreds of thousands of beleaguered federal workers while bargainers hunt for a deal.</p>
<p>At the White House, President Donald Trump told reporters he would support “a reasonable agreement”.</p>
<p>He suggested he would also want a “prorated down payment” for his border wall with Mexico but did not describe the term.</p>
<p>He said he has “other alternatives” for getting wall funding, an apparent reference to his disputed claim that he could declare a national emergency and fund the wall’s construction using other programmes in the federal budget.</p>
<p>“At least we’re talking about it. That’s better than it was before,” Mr McConnell told reporters in one of the most encouraging statements heard since the shutdown began on December 22.</p>
<p>Even so, it was unclear whether the flurry would produce results.</p>
<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose relationship with Mr Trump seems to sour daily, told reporters a “big” down payment would not be “a reasonable agreement”.</p>
<p>Asked if she knew how much money Mr Trump meant, she said: “I don’t know if he knows what he’s talking about.”</p>
<p>Mr Schumer’s spokesman, Justin Goodman, said Democrats have made clear “that they will not support funding for the wall, prorated or otherwise”.</p>
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