Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) spoke Sunday night in support of the deal brokered by rank-and-file senators on both sides of the aisle to end the government shutdown. “After 40 long days, I’m hopeful we can finally bring the shutdown to an end,” he said just ahead of a procedural vote to advance the measure. The agreement — which came together during a rare weekend Senate session — sets up a three-bill appropriations “minibus” that would fund, for the full fiscal year, the Agriculture