You all have families, rent to meet, bills to pay, car and mortgage payments.

And I'm grateful for all you have done to keep the Senate running.

And for all that you do every day,

shut down or no shutdown to serve the Senate and to serve our country.

And with that, after six excruciating

weeks, I will stop talking and let all of you get some rest. And they have been excruciating.

That was Senate Majority Leader John Thune late last night, thanking federal employees of the

upper chamber, as well as Capitol Police, who have all worked without pay during this government shutdown. It came after the Senate

passed a short-term spending bill to reopen the government, and the question now is, how will

the House respond and how quickly? Meanwhile, the end of the shutdown doesn't necessarily mean air

travel is going to return to normal in the near future. The question is, how long will it take to get things back on track? Also ahead, we'll dig into the growing calls from

House Democrats for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from his leadership position.

The question is, are Schumer's colleagues in the Senate still supportive of him? It's way too

early for this.

Thank you. supportive of him. It's way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that thanks the many veterans for

their service. I'm Ali Vitale on this Tuesday, November 11th. We'll start with the news.

Today marks day 42 of the government shutdown, but last night, some hope and progress. The Senate passed a bill to reopen the government, taking steps toward ending this longest shutdown in U.S. history. The legislation was approved with the support of 52 Republicans, seven Democrats, and one independent. Combines three-year full spending bills

with a stopgap measure to keep the rest of the government funded through the end of January.

The package also reverses mass layoffs triggered by the Trump administration during the shutdown

and blocks additional firings. The measure now heads to the House, which has called its members

back finally to Washington so they can vote on

the package after being out of session for more than 50 days. A source tells MSNBC that Speaker

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