Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after three-month absence
Senator Mitch McConnell has returned to the US Senate, casting his first vote since June after a three-month absence due to hospitalization following a fall.
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- Sep 15
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McConnell disclosed he had been "briefly unconscious" and had "a mild case of pneumonia".
McConnell stated, 'Time to get back to work, finish the job for this Congress.'
Reporters and photographers were instructed by Senate staff not to take video of his remarks.
Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate and cast his first vote after a months-long absence.
Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the Capitol on Monday after a three-month absence.
McConnell was recuperating from a fall in his Washington home.
Senator Mitch McConnell returned to Congress and cast his first vote since being hospitalized three months ago.
McConnell is the longest-serving Senate leader in US history and will not stand for an eighth term.
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