John Fetterman Senate

2023 - 2 - 10

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Fetterman, Recovering After Stroke, Labors to Adjust to Life in the ... (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — At Senator John Fetterman's desk in the Senate chamber, there is a newly installed monitor that rises or lowers, depending on whether he sits ...

Mr. Luján has checked in with Mr. Fetterman is the only one who is dealing with recuperation as he enters the Senate for the first time. He compared the accommodations being made for Mr. “The right attitude has to be consistent with what we hope we learned in the last 30 years or so, that we can provide reasonable accommodations in the workplace,” said Mr. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, Democrat of Washington, said she approached Mr. Carlson was back to attacking Mr. When it’s bad, Mr. “The challenge is to be able to get back to that place, given the current limitations.” “Before the stroke, he was the kind of person who loved the give-and-take with reporters,” Mr. It has been less than a year since the stroke transformed him from someone with a large stature that suggested machismo — a central part of his political identity — into a physically altered version of himself, and he is frustrated at times that he is not yet back to the man he once was. But aides and confidantes describe his introduction to the Senate as a difficult period, filled with unfamiliar duties that are taxing for someone still in recovery: meetings with constituents, attending caucus and committee meetings, appearing in public at White House events and at the State of the Union address, as well as making appearances in Pennsylvania.

Sen. John Fetterman is discharged from the hospital and will return ... (NPR)

Tests ruled out a stroke and found no evidence of a seizure. Fetterman went to the hospital after feeling lightheaded at a Senate Democratic retreat.

Some voters [said it made them feel closer to him](https://www.npr.org/2022/07/16/1111738129/john-fetterman-pennsylvania-democrat-senate-stroke-abortion-guns). His staff took him to the hospital from there. His health issues led some to question his fitness for office during the race.

US senator John Fetterman discharged from Washington DC hospital (The Guardian)

Senator from Pennsylvania was admitted after feeling light-headed but tests confirmed he did not suffer a second stroke.

“John is looking forward to spending some time with his family and returning to the Senate on Monday.” Fetterman, in a statement on his recovery last year, said he had been diagnosed with a heart condition years earlier but had stopped taking his medication, avoided going to the doctor and ignored warning signs. Fetterman, 53, suffered a stroke last year.

John Fetterman Discharged From Hospital After 2 Days—Will Return ... (Forbes)

Fetterman—who faced a stroke during last year's campaign—did not suffer a second stroke, and doctors ruled out any seizures in his two-night hospital stay, ...

Fetterman’s defeat of Oz flipped Pennsylvania’s Senate seat from Republican to Democratic control, expanding the Democrats’ majority from the razor-thin 50-50 split that lasted from 2021 to this year., That’s how many seats the Democratic caucus holds in the Senate—just enough for a majority. John Fetterman Hospitalized After Feeling ‘Lightheaded’ Months After Stroke](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/02/09/sen-john-fetterman-hospitalized-after-feeling-lightheaded-months-after-stroke/?sh=7d54fc2d1f2a) (Forbes) [Pennsylvania Senate Candidate John Fetterman Released From Hospital After Stroke](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/05/22/pennsylvania-senate-candidate-john-fetterman-released-from-hospital-after-stroke/?sh=6045e4e4161f) (Forbes) [John Fetterman Wins Democratic Nomination For Pennsylvania Senate Seat](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/05/17/john-fetterman-wins-democratic-nomination-for-pennsylvania-senate-seat/?sh=675676866f24) (Forbes) [Pennsylvania Senate Election: Democrat Fetterman Beats Oz To Flip Key Senate Seat](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2022/11/09/pennsylvania-senate-election-democrat-fetterman-beats-oz-to-flip-key-senate-seat/?sh=5777dca8452d) (Forbes) The stroke notably left Fetterman with a hearing impairment that requires him to use a closed captioning device to understand voices and partake in conversations. Fetterman has kept a relatively low profile since being sworn in as a senator last month, especially since his hearing condition has left him unable to engage with reporters while walking through the halls of the Capitol, which is commonplace for other members of Congress, according to the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/john-fetterman-senate-stroke.html). [ recovering from a stroke](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/05/22/pennsylvania-senate-candidate-john-fetterman-released-from-hospital-after-stroke/?sh=6045e4e4161f) he suffered just days before his win in May’s Pennsylvania [ midterm Democratic Senate primary](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/05/17/john-fetterman-wins-democratic-nomination-for-pennsylvania-senate-seat/?sh=675676866f24), which Fetterman [ says](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-government-and-politics-0c413bfeb7b00ceae5c172c7fa33007e) he “almost died” from.

US Sen. John Fetterman released from hospital (WOKV)

Fetterman, 53, who had a stroke last May 13, was hospitalized on Wednesday after he complained of feeling lightheaded, WPXI reported. The Democrat from ...

The Democrat from Pennsylvania was released from George Washington University Hospital, according to [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/10/senate-fetterman-hospital-release/). More than $300 million was spent during the race, making it the most expensive Senate campaign in 2022, the “John is looking forward to spending some time with his family and returning to the Senate on Monday.” [Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/10/senate-fetterman-hospital-release/) reported. [WPXI ](https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/sen-john-fetterman-released-hospital/HUKHR4X5VBANRP6G3YK3DHMBNY/)reported. [WPXI](https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/sen-john-fetterman-hospitalized-overnight-after-feeling-lightheaded-during-senate-retreat/GZGPTB35XRDFDIJ5O3WSJ5ND54/) reported.

Fetterman is released from hospital, planning to return to Senate on ... (The Washington Post)

The Democratic senator from Pennsylvania was hospitalized Wednesday at George Washington University Hospital in Washington after suffering from ...

[debate](https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/10/25/fetterman-oz-debate/?itid=lk_inline_manual_13&itid=lk_inline_manual_11) in which he sometimes stumbled over his words and struggled with the rapid-fire format. Doctors were able to “quickly and completely remove the clot,” he said in May. Because Democrats have a 51-seat majority in the Senate, a single absence could affect their agenda. “John is looking forward to spending some time with his family and returning to the Senate on Monday.” [thanked ](https://twitter.com/giselefetterman/status/1623869776530382849?s=20&t=qMq7ZmmGlTfSD1WWzExjww)those well-wishers on Twitter on Thursday, saying this was a “hectic time” but that the family was happy to share that “there are no signs of a stroke.” Fetterman had attended a retreat for Democratic senators Wednesday when he began to feel ill.

Fetterman discharged from Washington, DC, hospital (CNN)

Sen. John Fetterman has been released from a Washington, DC, hospital, after being admitted due to "feeling lightheaded" and undergoing tests earlier this ...

Fetterman won the nomination while in the hospital and underwent a nearly three-hour surgery that same day to implant a defibrillator. He was released from the hospital after a nine-day stay. Fetterman was elected to the Senate in November while recovering from a stroke he had