U.S. Sen. Tina Smith was discharged from a Washington hospital on Thursday afternoon after spending the previous night there and missing a U.S. Senate vote on a major package of Republican spending cuts.
A statement from spokeswoman Charlotte Hoffman said Smith was discharged from George Washington Hospital with “a clean bill of health from the doctor.” The statement included no further details about what caused the overnight stay.
“She is looking forward to getting back to work today,” the statement read.
According to a social media post from her office on Wednesday afternoon, Smith was working at the Capitol when she “started to not feel well.” She was seen by the Capitol physician, who recommended that she go to the university hospital for further examination.
“Out of an abundance of caution, they are keeping her overnight for observation,” according to the initial statement from Smith’s office.
The 67-year-old Democrat was the only senator who did not vote on the Rescissions Act, which was passed on a 51-48, mostly party-line vote early Thursday morning.
Smith has been ardently opposed to the bill, which seeks to claw back more than $9 billion in federal funds, including more than $1 billion for public and independent media.
A staffer for Smith said her office has received “tens of thousands” of messages on the measure. If her health allowed, the staffer said, Smith would have been on the Senate floor to oppose the measure.
