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Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy being released from rehabilitation center following hip surgery

The Vermont senator stopped at the Capitol to sign a newly passed bill on his way home from hip surgery rehab

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Vermont U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy on Friday was discharged from a rehabilitation center following his second surgery to help repair a broken hip, his office said.

Leahy, 82, fell and broke his hip last month in his Virginia home. He underwent hip-replacement surgery June 30 at a Washington-area hospital. He was then moved to a rehabilitation center. An additional operation was done July 20.

He and his wife, Marcelle, returned to the home Friday.

VERMONT SEN. LEAHY WILL UNDERGO SURGERY AFTER HE BREAKS HIP DURING FALL

"He, Marcelle and his medical team are pleased with the progress that he has made after two surgeries related to his hip replacement," Leahy's office said in a statement.

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Patrick Leahy is leaving the rehabilitation center following his hip surgery. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades-Pool/Getty Images)

Leahy plans to return to the Senate next week. On his way home, he went to the Capitol to sign a newly passed bill that would boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research. As President Pro Tempore of the Senate, his signature is required, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's, before the bill can be sent to President Joe Biden.

VERMONT SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY UNDERWENT SECOND SURGERY FOR BROKEN HIP

Leahy, the longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, is not seeking reelection in November. When Leahy’s current term expires in January 2023, he will have served for 48 years in the Senate.