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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is retiring at the end of this term. (AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Sen. Mitch McConnell has spent three weeks in the hospital, and his office still will not say what sent the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican there, his latest condition or when he might return.<\/p>

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McConnell, who has served in the Senate since 1985 and led Senate Republicans from 2007 until 2025, has not cast a vote since June 11. His absence comes as Republicans are navigating a narrow Senate majority. It has helped stall spending bills in the Appropriations Committee and added uncertainty around a senator already in the final months of his career.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we know about his health.<\/p>\n

McConnell was admitted to the hospital on the morning of June 14, according to a statement from his office that said that he was \u201creceiving excellent care.\u201d<\/p>\n

EMS dispatch audio from the morning of June 14 suggests that emergency medical personnel were sent to McConnell\u2019s home to attend to an unconscious person in cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n

According to the dispatch audio, a call went out at 8:36 a.m. for an \u201cunconscious\u201d person at McConnell\u2019s address, and an ambulance was sent with an advanced life support crew. Six minutes later a medic radioed that CPR was \u201cin progress.\u201d At 8:43 a.m., a dispatcher relayed the emergency as a \u201ccardiac arrest.\u201d McConnell is named nowhere in the recording, though the address is his.<\/p>\n

The next day, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) \u2014 the top two Senate Republicans \u2014 told reporters<\/a> that they had spoken<\/a> to McConnell.<\/p>\n

McConnell\u2019s office has been quiet on his condition in the weeks since and has not provided additional information on his treatment or the cause for his hospitalization.<\/p>\n

On June 22, eight days after McConnell was hospitalized, his office said that he wouldn\u2019t be voting that week \u201cas he continues his recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thune, on the same day, told reporters that he spoke with McConnell \u201ctoward the end of last week\u201d and that McConnell \u201csounded good and was anxious to get back.\u201d<\/p>\n

A July 2 statement from McConnell\u2019s office provided little new information but said he was still in the hospital.<\/p>

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\u201cThe Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session,\u201d his office said.<\/p>\n

His office has not provided additional information since and did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.<\/p>\n

Any extended absence for McConnell could make matters more difficult for Republicans to pass legislation this year, as it would temporarily shrink their majority to 52-47 in the chamber.<\/p>\n

McConnell\u2019s absence also further complicates matters for the Senate Appropriations Committee, which is already running behind schedule. The committee has not advanced any spending bills for the 2027 fiscal year due to disagreements over defense funding.<\/p>\n

Without McConnell, the Senate Appropriations committee is split evenly between Republicans and Democrats. This could prevent Republicans from advancing their spending priorities if all Democrats vote against them, as any vote within the committee that splits evenly along party lines would fail.<\/p>\n

The committee already had postponed plans to markup spending bills during the week of June 22 <\/b>due in part <\/b>to McConnell\u2019s absence, according to a Republican aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

McConnell did not run for reelection this year and is set to retire from the Senate in January at the end of his term.<\/p>\n

McConnell\u2019s health has drawn repeated attention in recent years.<\/p>\n

McConnell had polio as a child and has long had difficulty climbing stairs.<\/p>\n

In March 2023, he was hospitalized after falling at a Washington hotel and was away from the Senate floor for several weeks. Months later, he had two highly public episodes in which he stopped speaking during news conferences and had to be helped by others.<\/p>\n

He was injured again in December 2024 after tripping outside a Senate Republican lunch, and earlier this year, he spent more than a week in the hospital after his office said he had flu-like symptoms.<\/p>

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Jarrell Dillard contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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