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podcasts. Live from NPR news, I'm Lakshmi Singh. For a 10th time, the Republican-led Senate

failed to get the votes to advance legislation to reopen the federal government. NPR's Robert Sprunt has details.

The 51 to 45 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward. Senate Republicans need a

handful of Democrats to join them in order to advance the bill. Two Democrats and one

independent senator have repeatedly voted alongside Republicans. No new Democrats have joined

them since that first vote. As the stalemate continues, Senate Democrats insist Republicans have to

negotiate with them in order to get their votes, specifically on the soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Republicans say, reopen the government first, negotiate after. Because the Senate doesn't

plan to be in legislative session until Monday, it's expected that the funding lapse and negotiation

impasse will hit the three-week mark next week. Barbara Sprint and Pierre News, the Capitol.

President Trump will host Ukraine's president at the White House tomorrow, but first he called

Russian President Vladimir Putin, and he says he made progress.

And Pierce Michelle Kellerman with more.

President Trump has repeatedly expressed frustration with Putin and says the war in Ukraine is making Putin look bad.

He has dubbed Russia a paper tiger and said he's been talking about

giving Ukraine long-range tomahawk missiles and other things Kiev wants and complaining that

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