Thune ‘optimistic’ shutdown may end this week, eyes spending bill through January 

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said connected Monday that helium is “optimistic” lawmakers tin onslaught a woody to reopen the authorities by the extremity of the week and is eyeing a stopgap spending measure into January oregon aboriginal arsenic the projected precocious November day successful the House-passed measure is nary longer feasible.  The GOP…