Christopher Murphy to Miss Next Senate Session After Stroke at 53

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 6

Murphy, 53, will miss next week’s post-election Senate session and spend several weeks at a rehabilitation center after suffering a stroke last weekend.
Friday’s statement said he had been discharged from the hospital and was working toward a full recovery, though his office gave no timeline for his return to the Capitol.
Last Saturday, Murphy said he felt numbness in his arm at his son’s hockey game, called 911 and was later diagnosed with a small bleed in the thalamus region of his brain.
His absence adds to a year of health-related disruptions on Capitol Hill as Democrats prepare to take Senate control and Republicans weigh what they can still advance in their final weeks in power.

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Can a legislative office truly maintain uninterrupted constituent services while the elected official undergoes intensive brain injury rehabilitation?

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