Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate after three-month absence

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for a vote at the Capitol on Monday. (Finn Gomez / Getty Images) Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returned to the Senate on Monday and cast his vote after a more than three-month absence. "Today, I'll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June. I'm really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues," McConnell wrote in a statement Monday. He later voted to advance the nomination of Matthew Byrne for U.S. District…