Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate after 3-months-long abscence

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Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, was back on Capitol Hill yesterday for the first time since he was hospitalized in June after a fall.

The 84-year-old returned to the Senate floor in a wheelchair with staff by his side. McConnell cast a vote that was needed to move a judicial nomination forward along a Republican party line vote. The former senate majority leader said in a statement …

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, was back on Capitol Hill yesterday for the first time since he was hospitalized in June after a fall.

The 84-year-old returned to the Senate floor in a wheelchair with staff by his side. McConnell cast a vote that was needed to move a judicial nomination forward along a Republican party line vote. The former senate majority leader said in a statement …

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