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On June 14, 2026, McConnell was found at his home in cardiac arrest and rushed to a hospital.
McConnell later said he was hospitalized after a fall, not because he was in cardiac arrest. His office and the Senate attending physician said he had no cardiac abnormalities, stroke, tumor, or hemorrhage.
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This sentence is contradicted by McConnell's own July 12, 2026 statement and the accompanying note from the Office of the Attending Physician.
McConnell said that he "took a fall" that landed him in the hospital and that he was "briefly unconscious," but also explicitly said: "I didn't have a heart attack or a stroke." The attending physician's office added that he "was admitted to the hospital four weeks ago after falling at home" and that a comprehensive evaluation found "no fractures, cardiac abnormalities, stroke, tumor, or hemorrhage."
Those statements directly conflict with the article's claim that he was "found at his home in cardiac arrest." At most, early dispatch audio appears to have fueled speculation, but the later on-record medical statement says the hospitalization followed a fall and found no cardiac abnormalities.
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- Sen. McConnell issues statement following hospitalization and road to recovery
"Last month, I took a fall which landed me in the hospital... I didn't have a heart attack or a stroke..." The Office of the Attending Physician said he "was admitted to the hospital four weeks ago after falling at home" and had "no fractures, cardiac abnormalities, stroke, tumor, or hemorrhage."
- After weeks of questions, McConnell provides information on health
McConnell said he has been recovering from a fall and added: "I didn't have a heart attack or a stroke." Roll Call also reported the physician's note said a "comprehensive evaluation" found "no fractures, cardiac abnormalities, stroke, tumor, or hemorrhage."
McConnell's committee assignments for the 118th Congress are as follows:
These are not his 118th Congress assignments. The official Senate page lists them as his assignments for the 119th Congress, and the 118th Congress had already ended on January 3, 2025.
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The label "118th Congress" is incorrect.
The U.S. Senate's official committee-assignment page identifies McConnell's current roster as "Committee Assignments of the 119th Congress", not the 118th. That matters because the list shown here includes roles McConnell holds in the current Congress, such as chairing the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Congress.gov's record for January 3, 2025 states that the Second Session of the 118th Congress adjourned sine die that day. So by definition, a current assignment list showing McConnell as committee chair cannot be a list for the 118th Congress.
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- U.S. Senate: Committee Assignments of the 119th Congress
Official Senate page title: "Committee Assignments of the 119th Congress." The page lists McConnell's current committees and shows him on the Committee on Rules and Administration as chairman.
- Congressional Record Daily Digest, January 3, 2025
Congress.gov's digest for January 3, 2025 states: "Second Session of the 118th Congress adjourned sine die."