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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hospitalized after feeling unwell

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is surrounded by reporters after talking about the final work of the Senate for the year at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is surrounded by reporters after talking about the final work of the Senate for the year at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
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By Lisa Mascaro
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WASHINGTON --Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was taken to the hospital early Friday morning after not feeling well, and remained for observation, his spokesman said.

Reid, the Nevada Democrat who turned 74 this month, led the chamber Thursday night through its second midnight session in recent days amid steep partisanship. He is not expected to be at work Friday, as the Senate wraps up its final workday of the year.

Reid decided to go to the hospital “as a precaution,” said the senator’s spokesman Adam Jentleson. “Tests have been conducted and everything is normal. Doctors have asked that he remain in the hospital for observation so he will not be working today.”

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In 2005, Reid, a slight man and former amateur boxer, suffered a mini-stroke, but has otherwise maintained a vibrant schedule and appeared in good health. He rises early and usually takes a morning walk or does yoga before heading to the Capitol for what are often long days.

More recently, the senator was briefly hospitalized following a 2012 car accident in Las Vegas.

The Senate has been in knots this week, as lawmakers try to finish the year’s business under continued partisan discord.

Lisa.Mascaro@latimes.com

@lisaMascaroinDC

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Lisa Mascaro previously covered Congress in Washington, D.C., for the Los Angeles Times. She left in February 2018. A Los Angeles-area native, she has reported across Southern California, edited, traveled the States and worked in Texas. While the Washington correspondent for the Las Vegas Sun, she contributed as the paper won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. An economics and political science graduate of UC Santa Barbara, she also studied in Budapest, Hungary.

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