Sen.Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is continuing to recover and will not vote this week, spokesman David Popp noted."Senator McConnell is still working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery.
However, he will not be voting this week," he said in a statement.McConnell was hospitalized earlier this month, though the reason has not been disclosed.SEN MITCH MCCONNELL HOSPITALIZED, 'RECEIVING EXCELLENT CARE,' HIS OFFICE SAYSSen.Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the Senate Subway at the U.S.
Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Fox News Digital reached out to request more information on Tuesday, but Popp did not provide any additional details regarding the senator's situation.McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S.
history, was previously hospitalized for eight days earlier this year after experiencing "flu-like symptoms."The long-serving lawmaker has been in office since early 1985.FOUR SENATE REPUBLICANS AGAIN UNITE WITH DEMS TO BLOCK TRUMP'S SAVE AMERICA ACTSen.Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)McConnell is 84 years old.He announced last year that he would not run for an eighth Senate term.BLUEGRASS DEMOCRATS MAKE THEIR CHOICE TO REPLACE MCCONNELL, TAKE ON TRUMP-BACKED BARRCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPU.S.Rep.
Andy Barr, R-Ky., is the Republican candidate running in the Kentucky U.S.Senate general election contest this year, and former Kentucky state Rep.
Charles Booker is the Democratic candidate.McConnell has dealt with a series of health episodes in recent years.He fell and sprained his wrist while walking out of a GOP luncheon in December 2024.He was hospitalized with a concussion in March 2023 and missed several weeks of work after falling in a Washington hotel.
After he returned, he twice froze up during news conferences that summer, staring vacantly ahead before colleagues an...