Mitch McConnell back in Senate to cast first vote since disappearing from public life in June
- Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell returned to Capitol Hill on Monday, his first return to work since the Kentucky senator was hospitalized in June after suffering a fall.
- The senator said in a statement that he would cast a vote Monday evening, when the chamber was set to vote on a nomination to fill an opening on a district court bench in Ohio, shortly before he spoke to reporters on the Hill.
- “Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June.
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- Former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell returned to Capitol Hill on Monday, his first return to work since the Kentucky senator was hospitalized in June after suffering a fall.
- The senator said in a statement that he would cast a vote Monday evening, when the chamber was set to vote on a nomination to fill an opening on a district court bench in Ohio, shortly before he spoke to reporters on the Hill.
- “Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June.
Sources: The Independent