Incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will miss the beginning of the 114th Congress, which convenes on Tuesday at noon, due to an exercising-related injury last week that left him with broken ribs and bones in his face.
Working from home on doctor’s orders. Just wrapped up a good meeting with my leadership team. pic.twitter.com/x1tUee9Mg3
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) January 6, 2015
Incoming Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) will assume Reid’s floor duties “until Senator Reid’s doctors allow him to return,” Reid’s spokesman Adam Jentleson said.
“Senator Reid is in Washington but on orders from his doctors he will not come into the office so that his injuries can continue to heal. He has been diagnosed with broken bones in his face and three broken ribs, as well as a concussion,” Jentleson said. “Despite his injuries, he has been working every day, holding meetings with fellow Senators and staff. Senator Reid has spoken with President Obama multiple times since his injury and will continue to keep a busy schedule in the coming days.”
