Posted on 10/13/2017 2:42:47 PM PDT by cotton1706
The Mississippi senator has been recovering the past several weeks from a urological procedure. And concern is growing on and off Capitol Hill over whether the 79-year-old lawmaker will return to work on Monday when the Senate comes back from recess — not to mention how long he'll be able to continue leading a high-profile committee or even remain in the Senate.
Multiple sources close to the senator said his staff and allies have received limited information from his family about his health status, further fueling questions about his future.
Cochran's office maintains that the Mississippi Republican will return next week as planned, and Senate Republican aides said they expect him back as well. But several K Street sources and Cochran allies said he's unlikely to be back next week. Multiple sources said there's increasing worry his absence could stretch through the end of the year.
Cochran is slated to oversee an Appropriations Committee markup on Thursday.
Cochran missed the last two weeks that the Senate was in session. Any further absence would cause major problems for Senate Republicans.
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Seems the US Senate could be mistaken for a retirement residence, lol.
Don’t toy with us!!!
Pretty much any surgery is major surgery at that age. Interesting that they won’t say what was done. If it was a simple prostate removal, there wouldn’t be the need for secrecy.
Exactly, and it is sickening. Many of these Senators are not mentally up to the job.
Term limits on the Senate needs to happen.
appoint McDaniel!! Cock ran in finished. He actually was sleeping with another women while his wife was sick!!
They need to add a 'memory care' unit.
Thad’s sheep are getting lonely.
If he was a Democrat, they’d let his wife replace him.
The Barbours are near-dead, too, and they WILL pay for their treason. REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI!
With DiFi at age 84, it’s funny to remember that the Dems used to make remarks about Reagan’s age.
“If it was a simple prostate removal, there wouldn’t be the need for secrecy.”
I understand it’s not always so simple. Incontinence, etc.
-PJ
If Thad the Barnyard Cad dropped dead today, no way would the Governor appoint an anti-establishment Conservative like State Sen. McDaniel.
Remember Mississippi.
We’ve gotten several “urological procedures” from McConnell since the last election.
After the pharmacist revelations about the Alzheimer/Dementia med deliveries, it appears they may already have the unit in place. (check the closets for depends).
They sell disposables for that. And there has been medical treatment available for decades that should cure that. In any event, it wouldn't keep him from the Senate floor (which, in itself, may not be a bad thing).
“Simple prostate removal”. I take it you still have yours?
The people love McDaniel. Only the cross over black democrats put that worthless Gope geezer back in.
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