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Where is Harry Reid?
Via Roll Call
As Senate Democrats headed to Baltimore for their retreat, Minority Leader Harry Reid wasn’t with them — but he will be listening in.
Even without a physical presence, the Nevada Democrat is still making the daily decisions about running the caucus — and an aide said late Wednesday he is likely to return to the Capitol next week.
His injuries from an exercising accident have forced him to remain a prisoner of sorts at his home in D.C.’s Ritz-Carlton, away from the Capitol where he has worked for more than 30 years as a member of Congress and before that, as a Capitol policeman while putting himself through law school.
Reid broke bones in his face and four ribs, and he suffered a concussion after he fell when the resistance band he was exercising with snapped on New Year’s Day. He temporarily lost sight in one eye, though he’s said doctors are optimistic he will recover.
While doctor’s orders have precluded Reid from making the trip just more than 30 miles north to Baltimore, a senior Democratic aide said a line has been hooked up to allow him to connect to the meetings from home.
When bipartisan congressional leaders went to the White House Tuesday, Reid missed the less than 1-mile trip but had the only aide in the room representing Senate Democrats.
Reid received a full briefing from that aide, and had a conversation with other Democratic leaders in attendance. A senior Democratic aide said Reid also spoke with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough ahead of the meeting.
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