Out of precaution, Reid went to the hospital early Friday morning. | John Shinkle/POLITICO Harry Reid leaves hospital

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid left the hospital on Friday evening, returning home less than 24 hours after his hospitalization.

The Nevada Democrat, 74, went to George Washington University hospital as a “precaution,” his office said.


“The doctors diagnosed him as exhausted, not anything more serious, and have cleared him to go back to work,” said Reid spokesman Adam Jentleson in a statement released about 6:30 p.m. Friday. “He spent today resting, talking to family, friends and colleagues, reading the news and discussing Senate business.”

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Friday was the last day of consequential Senate business for a more than two-week period, after the chamber left town in the afternoon following confirmation of a batch of President Barack Obama’s nominees. The Senate will take its next vote on Jan. 6, 2014.

Reid was hospitalized on early Friday morning for “not feeling well,” Jentleson said, adding that Reid’s condition was found to be “normal” after a series of tests were conducted. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) filled in for Reid and spoke to the Democratic leader on Friday morning.

“He sounded good and we look forward to his speedy recovery,” Durbin said on the Senate floor on Friday morning.

The past two weeks of work in the Senate involved several late-night votes and even a pair of all-night sessions, an unusual deviation from the normal Senate schedule that was influenced by disagreements both procedural and political following Senate Democrats’ change to the Senate rules.

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