**The US Senate has rejected two bills to end the government shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies.**
The Republican legislation failed by 50-47 and the Democratic bill followed suit by 52-44. Both measures were long shots, needing 60 votes to pass.
Meanwhile, 800,000 federal workers who are struggling to cover their bills will miss another payday on Friday.
At 34 days with no end in sight, this is the longest shutdown in US history.
Six Republican defectors - including former White House candidate and Utah Senator Mitt Romney - voted for the Democratic bill. It would have reopened the government until 8 February.
One conservative Democrat backed the Republican measure, which would have provided the $5.7bn (£4.4bn) that President Donald Trump wants to build a southern border wall. It would also have temporarily shielded from deportation some US residents who entered the country without documentation as children.
Afterwards, Mr Trump told reporters at the White House that he would only sign a bill if it included a "down payment" on a border barrier.
But the Democratic leader of the US House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said the Republican president's request was not reasonable.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and his Democratic counterpart, Chuck Schumer, held brief talks after the votes failed, but there was no sign of a breakthrough.
The political imbroglio frayed tempers on the Senate floor on Thursday.
Before voting began, Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, shouted at Texas Republican Ted Cruz, accusing him of shedding "crocodile tears" over unpaid workers while supporting the president's plan for "a medieval barrier".
Meanwhile, multi-millionaire Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross questioned why unpaid civil servants have been visiting food banks, saying they should just take out a bank loan.
Speaker Pelosi accused Mr Ross of a "'let them eat cake' kind of attitude".
Ahead of the vote, an Associated Press opinion poll reported that the shutdown had negatively impacted Mr Trump's popularity.
Just 34% of Americans in the survey supported Mr Trump overall - down from 42% a month earlier. But his approval among Republican voters was close to 80%.
**How is the shutdown biting?**
**FBI**: A report from agents nationwide has warned the bureau's resources are at breaking point, which has delayed sensitive investigations and compromised operations
**Flight safety**: This week, air traffic, pilot and flight attendant union leaders released a statement saying they "cannot even calculate the level of risk currently at play"
**Food shortages**: A food bank for Coast Guard families in the north-western US state of Washington ran out of meals amid high demand
**Immigration delays**: More than 42,000 immigration hearings have been suspended, adding to a court backlog of over 800,000 cases
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