{"id":1186481,"date":"2022-01-04T09:34:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T14:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186481"},"modified":"2022-01-04T09:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T14:34:49","slug":"rob-portman-tests-positive-for-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-portman-tests-positive-for-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Portman Tests Positive For COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frob-portman-tests-positive-for-covid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186481&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman became the latest lawmaker to announce that he tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Portman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senrobportman\/status\/1478356462267162631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that he was asymptomatic and that he had taken a test as a precaution before heading back to Washington, D.C., to begin Congress\u2019 second session. He added that he would quarantine for the five days recommended and would not be in D.C. for votes until next week.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple lawmakers from both parties have announced a positive test in the past month as the Omicron variant has fueled surges across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/22\/covid-19-congress-barbara-lee-nicole-malliotakis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: COVID Comes For Congress, Again)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though Portman is the only senator to announce a positive COVID-19 test in recent days, he is not the only senator expected to be absent from D.C. this week. New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is reportedly recovering from shoulder surgery after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/menendez-slips-fractures-shoulder-in-rush-to-get-to-us-senate-floor-for-vote.html\">fractured it in December<\/a> on the way to a Senate vote, meaning that both Republicans and Democrats will likely be without a member until Monday, at least.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate planned to return Monday, but it moved its business to Tuesday after a massive snowstorm dumped nearly a foot of snow on the nation\u2019s capital, with more falling across some areas of Maryland and Virginia. Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkaine\/status\/1478357477158756352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that he was one of thousands of drivers stranded on I-95 for hours Monday amid the storm, and many remained on the highway until Tuesday.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/03\/government-office-personnel-management-snow-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Government Calls A Snow Day)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I started my normal 2 hour drive to DC at 1pm yesterday. 19 hours later, I\u2019m still not near the Capitol. My office is in touch with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaDOT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VaDOT<\/a> to see how we can help other Virginians in this situation. Please stay safe everyone. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sz1b1hZJZ5\">pic.twitter.com\/Sz1b1hZJZ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Kaine (@timkaine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkaine\/status\/1478357477158756352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The federal government is scheduled to reopen Tuesday after shuttering its offices Monday. While the Senate is set to convene, the House is out until Jan. 10.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman became the latest lawmaker to announce that he tested positive for COVID-19.Portman said that he was asymptomatic and that he had taken a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1896314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}