McConnell’s rehab keeps Senate leader sidelined as return date remains unclear
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office says he’s not yet medically cleared to return to the Capitol after a June fall and hospitalization, and he is continuing intensive rehabilitation with no set return date; he’ll miss the Fancy Farm event, has already missed 38 Senate votes, and plans to retire at the end of this Congress.
- McConnell releases health update, saying he’s not ready to return to work yet NBC News
- 2nd statement, photo released from Sen. Mitch McConnell; says he won't attend Fancy Farm WLKY
- McConnell faces growing questions about absence nearly six weeks after fall The Washington Post
- Senate Republican: McConnell visitor said he’s ‘clear-minded’ The Hill
- McConnell out of hospital, still not 'medically cleared' to return to Senate Fox News
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