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Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after three-month absence
September 15, 2026 at 09:29 AM
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Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after three-month absence
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Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after three-month absence
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Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after months-long absence
(opens the publisher’s site)Mitch McConnell has returned to Congress, casting his first Senate vote since a June fall that hospitalized him for three months.
- Senator McConnell cast his first vote on Monday since being hospitalized in June after a fall in his Washington home.
- McConnell said he is not quite back to 100 percent and has assured Senate Majority Leader John Thune he will be present for tough votes while continuing physical therapy.
- Democrats used McConnell's absence to pass a resolution against President Donald Trump's war with Iran, with four Republicans breaking party ranks to support it.
- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has raised questions about McConnell's ability to complete his term, which ends in January 2027.
- McConnell was treated for mild pneumonia during his hospital stay following the June fall.
- His last vote before the fall came on 11 June.
- His first vote upon return was on a judicial nomination.