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- U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell has missed duties for weeks while his office paid $485,800 to staff.
- Chief of staff Terry Carmack earned $226,000 while communications director Stephanie Penn earned $214,000 per year.
- McConnell was hospitalized in Washington, D.C., on June 14 after a fall that left him unconscious.
- He later said he suffered mild pneumonia, denied a heart attack or stroke, and posted proof-of-life photos with wife Elaine Chao.
