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Thune also said “all options are on the table” in terms of how to handle the Senate’s scheduled recess next week.

A new shutdown gut check in the Senate

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that senators are “getting close to an off-ramp” to end the government shutdown but cautioned that this particular crisis remains unique in its intractability.

Thune chalked this analysis up to his “gut” read of the situation.

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