McConnell says he is unable to return to U.S. Senate yet
Senator Mitch McConnell announces he won't return to the Senate yet due to recovery from a fall and pneumonia.
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U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said he will not rejoin the Senate when it returns to work on Monday (July 13, 2026) because he is still recovering from a fall and from pneumonia.“As much as it frustrates me, this process takes time,” Mr. McConnell said in a statement on Sunday (July 12, 20260, his first since he was hospitalized last month. “And on the advice of my doctors, I won’t be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.”He said that he suffered a fall in mid-June that left him briefly unconscious. While hospitalized, he developed pneumonia and was treated with antibiotics, according to a separate statement that Mr. McConnell’s office attributed to the attending physician. The physician was not identified.Mr.
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