“Leahy was “expected to make a full recovery and begin a healthy course of physical therapy immediately.”
No such thing as full recovery and just because his physical therapy begins immediately does mean he’ll be able to return to DC that soon. Hopefully, he recovers (not before mids) and retires. Senate actually favors republicans now.
He already announced his retirement before his accident.
Voting in the Senate must be in person....unlike the house. With any luck, well...don’t want to wish anyone to be bedridden for a long, long time...