Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after fall that led to an extended medical absence

Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday after a three-month absence due to a fall at his home. According to CBS News, he had been hospitalized on June 14, three days after his last Senate vote on June 11. His office announced at the time that he had been hospitalized, and emergency medical personnel had responded to an unconscious person at his home.

McConnell, 84, had been in recovery for weeks, and his office had provided limited updates on his condition. In a statement, he said his recovery had been a "long and often frustrating process," and he was "still not quite back to 100%." He attributed some of his challenges to the "lingering effects of childhood polio." NPR reported that he had been briefly unconscious following the fall.

McConnell returned to the Senate in a wheelchair and cast his first vote since June 11. He told reporters it was "time to get back to work, finish the job for this Congress." The Hill noted that his long absence had fueled speculation about his health. McConnell also mentioned he was looking forward to working on the farm bill.

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