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Topic: paid-sick-leave

McConnell drew about $43,858 while absent because Senate pay ignores attendance

Verdicts: 2 True, 2 Mostly True

Three of the four claims in the viral McConnell graphic hold up on the roll-call record. The fourth fails on one word: the Senate has no paid leave for him to have taken.

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