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State senators made a bold move Thursday to end their paralyzing stalemate: They packed up and went home.

After yet another fruitless negotiating session — which almost came to blows — the battling pols got out of Dodge to enjoy their long weekend.

But not before making sure they got paid.

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A brief session Thursday to try to work out a power-sharing deal almost ended in fisticuffs.

Turncoat Democrat Sen. Pedro Espada and fellow Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein nearly got into a fight during the closed-door session, sources said.

“I was going to kick his ass,” Espada told the Daily News when asked if discussions got heated.

Espada — who was made Senate president in the coup — was angry Klein had joined peace talks just after sending out a press release bashing him and calling on Republicans to dump him as a leader.

Espada wanted to “duke it out,” according to a source.

“Let’s go!” Klein replied before new Senate Democratic leader John Sampson (D-Brooklyn) and the man he replaced, Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Queens), jumped in and calmed the situation, according to the source.

Espada either left the room or was escorted out.

Klein would not discuss specifics, saying only it was a “heated exchange.”

“I can take it,” Klein quipped before poking fun at Espada’s residency issues. “He lives in Mamaroneck. I live in the Bronx.”