John Thune says he is ‘optimistic’ Senate will move to end shutdown this week

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he was “optimistic” an agreement can be reached this week to end the five-week shutdown as bipartisan rank-and-file talks make progress. Thune, speaking to reporters, said the goal was to be able to send a revised stopgap bill to the House by the end of the week to reopen agencies. “Obviously there were a lot of conversations…