Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is resting and will not work on Friday, his spokesman said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, 74, was hospitalized Friday morning, according to his spokesman.
“Early this morning, Senator Reid was not feeling well and as a precaution decided to go to the hospital. Tests have been conducted and everything is normal. He is alert, resting and feeling better,” Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson said in the statement.
Reid discussed upcoming legislation with Senate leaders over the phone Friday morning, a Senate Democratic aide told NBC News’ Kasie Hunt.
“Senator Reid called me this morning, he sounded good, and we look forward to his speedy recovery,” Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday on the Senate floor.
It has been an exhausting legislative session for the upper chamber. In the past two weeks, the Senate has worked two overnight sessions in an intense effort to complete the 2013 agenda.The Senate is voting on presidential nominations ahead of the winter recess, after voting late Thursday to approve a defense-spending bill.
Jentleson said that doctors requested Reid “remain in the hospital for observation,” and that he would not be working today.