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- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged Congress to adopt rules limiting months-long, unexplained absences after Sen. Mitch McConnell disclosed his hospitalization.
- Sen. Mitch McConnell said a fall caused brief unconsciousness and that complications from childhood polio and mild pneumonia have kept him hospitalized since June 14.
- Rep. Tom Kean Jr. said his recent absence was due to depression, adding another example of unexplained congressional leave that Ocasio-Cortez says should be regulated.
