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Sen. Chris Murphy to miss votes during stroke recovery

Sen. Chris Murphy will miss several weeks of Senate votes while recovering from a stroke, PBS News Hour reported Friday.

Status: source-checked.

Sen. Chris Murphy will miss several weeks of Senate votes while recovering from a stroke, PBS News Hour reported Friday.

The Connecticut Democrat said he had left the hospital Friday and would continue recovering at a rehabilitation center, according to the broadcast.

PBS reported that his doctor described the stroke the previous weekend as small and said Murphy had improved substantially. The broadcast said a full recovery was expected.

What we know / what we don't

What we know

  • Sen. Chris Murphy will miss several weeks of Senate votes while recovering from a stroke, PBS News Hour reported Friday.

What we don't know

  • A date for his return to Senate votes was not provided in the source reviewed.

The source record

Sources

  1. PBS News Hour (published 2026-11-06)