Amid tough talk from both sides of the aisle about who’s to blame for the partial government shutdown, bipartisan talks began to take shape as the rank-and-file sought a way out of the impasse.

Various groups of senators were seen huddling on the floor Wednesday during a vote series, even as Democrats again mostly rejected the House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the government through Nov. 21.

The 55-45 margin on the procedural vote was the same tally as the night before, with the same three Democratic caucus members crossing the aisle to support it: Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto, Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman and Maine’s Angus King, an independent who caucuses with the party.

That’s two more Democratic caucus members than voted for the measure 10 days ago, which Repub

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