Thursday 30 June 2022 12:42 PM Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, 82, breaks his hip and will undergo surgery ... trends now
Thursday 30 June 2022 12:42 PM Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, 82, breaks his hip and will undergo surgery ... trends now
Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, 82, breaks his hip: One of the oldest members of Congress to undergo surgery after falling in his Virginia home Patrick Leahy, 82, fell at his Virginia home Wednesday evening and broke his hip His office said that the break requires him to undergo surgery Thursday morning Leahy is the fifth oldest and longest-serving member of the Senate and is currently President pro tempore of the upper chamber The fall, his office claims, is due to his 'reduced depth perception' from being 'born blind in one eye'
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Senator Patrick Leahy, 82, broke his hip in a fall at his home in McLean, Virginia on Wednesday evening and is undergoing surgery Thursday morning, his office announced.
The Vermont Democrat is one of the oldest members of Congress and currently serves as President pro tempore of the Senate.
'Having been born blind in one eye, the Senator has had a lifelong struggle with reduced depth perception,' Leahy's office wrote in a statement on the fall. 'He has
