Washington — Sen. Mitch McConnell was launched from the hospital Tuesday, greater than per week after he checked himself in for “flu-like signs,” a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican mentioned Wednesday.
“He’s feeling higher and will probably be working from residence this week on the recommendation of his medical doctors,” McConnell’s spokesman mentioned.
In a Feb. 3 assertion, the spokesman mentioned McConnell went to the hospital out of an “abundance of warning” and the senator’s “prognosis is constructive.”
McConnell has not voted since Jan. 30, when the Senate handed an enormous bundle to fund a majority of the federal government. After a four-day partial shutdown, Congress now faces a Friday deadline to fund the Division of Homeland Safety, the one remaining portion of the federal government that’s not funded by means of September.
McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, has confronted a number of well being scares in recent times. In 2023, he was hospitalized with a concussion after a fall and later appeared to freeze in two separate situations. He suffered minor accidents in 2024 after one other fall.
He introduced final yr that he wouldn’t run for reelection in 2026 after greater than 40 years within the Senate.
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