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William769

(55,144 posts)
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 05:48 PM Feb 2022

Lujn plans return to Senate in weeks for Supreme Court vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján, who is recovering from a stroke in January, says he plans to be back at work in “just a few short weeks” to vote on President Joe Biden's forthcoming Supreme Court nominee.

In a video released Sunday by his office, the New Mexico senator said he is at the University of New Mexico Hospital after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain and soon will go to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for "a few more weeks.”

“I’m doing well. I’m strong. I’m back on the road to recovery, and I’m going to make a full recovery,” the 49-year-old Luján said in the video, which showed him seated next to two of his doctors. “I’m going to walk out of here, I’m going to beat this, and I’m going to be stronger once I come out.”

"Now I’m proud to report, then I’ll be back on the floor of the United States Senate in just a few short weeks to vote on important legislation and to consider a Supreme Court nominee,” he added.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/luj%C3%A1n-plans-return-to-senate-in-weeks-for-supreme-court-vote/ar-AATNZaB?ocid=msedgntp

Great News on his health!

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Lujn plans return to Senate in weeks for Supreme Court vote (Original Post) William769 Feb 2022 OP
So glad he is doing well. sheshe2 Feb 2022 #1
Me too. William769 Feb 2022 #2
DU. sheshe2 Feb 2022 #3
The cat food thread is doing well. William769 Feb 2022 #4
I missed that one. sheshe2 Feb 2022 #5
PS...just reced. sheshe2 Feb 2022 #6
Great to see you, stranger..... George II Feb 2022 #7
Sen. Lujan rso Feb 2022 #8

William769

(55,144 posts)
2. Me too.
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 05:55 PM
Feb 2022

Surprised not more responses, given the fact that people freaked out when the stroke happened,

sheshe2

(83,728 posts)
3. DU.
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 06:19 PM
Feb 2022


The Super Bowl starts in less than two hours. Me, I don't watch it. Last time I watched a game was when I was a Jr. cheerleader in HS.

William769

(55,144 posts)
4. The cat food thread is doing well.
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 06:25 PM
Feb 2022

Just one of the reasons I disappear. Apparently, I have different priorities.

rso

(2,271 posts)
8. Sen. Lujan
Sun Feb 13, 2022, 07:05 PM
Feb 2022

Glad he’s recovering well, though from the strictly political angle, should he have been unable to return to the Senate, the democratic Governor of New Mexico would have appointed a democratic replacement in any event. The much more politically scary situation in a 50/50 Senate is the possibility that a democratic Senator in a State with a Republican Governor dies or becomes unable to serve.

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