Harry Reid Hospitalized After ‘Not Feeling Well’

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., tells reporters that Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Republicans are the obstacle to ending the government shutdown crisis, at the Capitol in Washington... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., tells reporters that Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Republicans are the obstacle to ending the government shutdown crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there was no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. MORE LESS
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was hospitalized on Friday morning after feeling ill, his office announced in a statement.

Early this morning, Senator Reid was not feeling well and as a precaution decided to go to the hospital,” it read. “Tests have been conducted and everything is normal. He is alert, resting and feeling better.”

“Doctors have asked that he remain in the hospital for observation so he will not be working today,” it added.

 

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