Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania will return to the U.S. Senate next month the week of April 17, according to multiple media reports citing unnamed sources. Politico cited two people with direct knowledge of the plan.
In mid-February, the lawmaker, who had just taken office in January, checked into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment for clinical depression. A statement released at the time by Fetterman’s chief of staff, Adam Jetleson, said the senator had “experienced depression throughout his life” but that it “only became severe in recent weeks.”
According to the Associated Press, Fetterman’s communications director Joe Calvello indicated last week that the lawmaker “would be back soon, at least more than a week, but soon.” Calvello also said the senator was receiving daily in-person briefings from Jentleson, according to the outlet.
Fetterman, who suffered a stroke just before winning the Democratic primary last year, won the Keystone State’s 2022 U.S. Senate race against GOP candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz, who had been supported by former President Donald Trump.
Fetterman had a pacemaker with a defibrillator implanted after the stroke, and has suffered from auditory processing problems since the stroke.
Last month, before heading to Walter Reed, Fetterman had been taken to George Washington University Hospital due to dizziness, but was released later that week. “In addition to CT, CTA and MRI tests that ruled out a stroke, his EEG test results came back normal, with no evidence of seizures,” Calvello noted in a statement at the time.
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