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Last-minute closed-door talks between Senate Republicans and Democrats failed to prevent a "nuclear option" in the upper chamber, as frustrations on both sides killed a deal to move ahead with President Donald Trump’s nominees.

Lawmakers were inching closer to a deal that would have allowed sub-Cabinet-level nominees to be voted on in bunches, but neither side could reach a final agreement.

DEMS DIG IN AS GOP PREPARES TO GO NUCLEAR IN TRUMP NOMINEE RACE

Senate Republicans argued that a majority of their counterparts agreed with the new proposal, but that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., was still standing in the way.

"I think the majority of Democrats are on board with it," Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., t

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