--- title: John McCain Will Return to the Senate on Tuesday description: The GOP senator representing Arizona was diagnosed with brain cancer earlier this month, following a surgery to remove a blood clot. canonical: https://time.com/4872010/john-mccain-cancer-senate/ author: Kevin Lui article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-25T02:06:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:42:41.403Z article:section: Politics og:title: John McCain Will Return to the Senate on Tuesday og:description: He was diagnosed with brain cancer following surgery to remove a blood clot og:url: https://time.com/4872010/john-mccain-cancer-senate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef4ea94ea2e5647/6988d6fa656a3fc371bd0f9b/gettyimages-6967580081.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4530 og:image:height: 2548 og:image:alt: 57th Monte Carlo TV Festival : Opening Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John McCain Will Return to the Senate on Tuesday twitter:description: He was diagnosed with brain cancer following surgery to remove a blood clot twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef4ea94ea2e5647/6988d6fa656a3fc371bd0f9b/gettyimages-6967580081.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John McCain Will Return to the Senate on Tuesday > Sponsored content. 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John McCain will return to work in Washington on Tuesday, a week after being [diagnosed with brain cancer](http://time.com/4865775/john-mccain-brain-cancer-tumor-glioblastoma/) following a surgery to [remove a blood clot](http://time.com/4861587/john-mccain-blood-clot-craniotomy/) from above his left eye. “Senator McCain looks forward to returning to the United States Senate tomorrow to continue working on important legislation, including [health care reform](http://time.com/4871106/donald-trump-twitter-senate-health-care-bill/), the National Defense Authorization Act, and new sanctions on [Russia](http://time.com/4869831/lawmakers-agree-on-sweeping-russia-sanctions-package/), Iran and North Korea,” read a [statement](https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=F0B163CA-311A-48D4-BAA6-CB73E56CF6FB) released Monday by his office. The Republican senator from Arizona also [tweeted ](https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/889652943791824897)about his return late Monday. Following his diagnosis, McCain signaled that he wouldn’t be away from Congress for long, tweeting on Thursday that “[unfortunately](http://time.com/4866570/john-mccain-brain-cancer/) for my sparring partners in Congress, I’ll be back soon, so stand-by!” > [](https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/889652943791824897) McCain’s cancer diagnosis was announced Wednesday, when his office [said](https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=A9C47403-C5BB-449B-9A94-628700080568) that doctors operating on the blood clot had discovered a brain tumor known as glioblastoma. Messages of support for the longtime senator immediately [poured in](http://time.com/4865801/john-mccain-brain-cancer-reactions/?iid=sr-link1) following the news. His return coincides with an [expected vote ](http://time.com/4871106/donald-trump-twitter-senate-health-care-bill/)on a procedural motion involving the GOP’s push to repeal and replace Obamacare. In the wake of[ McCain’s surgery ](http://time.com/4861587/john-mccain-blood-clot-craniotomy/)on July 14, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed a vote on the proposed healthcare bill. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4872010/john-mccain-cancer-senate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4872010/john-mccain-cancer-senate/"},"headline":"John McCain Will Return to the Senate on Tuesday","datePublished":"2017-07-25T02:06:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:42:41.403Z","description":"He was diagnosed with brain cancer last week","url":"https://time.com/4872010/john-mccain-cancer-senate/","keywords":["Congress","Health Care","Senate","John McCain","onetime","trumpcare"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef4ea94ea2e5647/6988d6fa656a3fc371bd0f9b/gettyimages-6967580081.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin Lui","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ef4ea94ea2e5647/6988d6fa656a3fc371bd0f9b/gettyimages-6967580081.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"57th Monte Carlo TV Festival : Opening Ceremony","caption":"57th Monte Carlo TV Festival : Opening Ceremony","creditText":"Stephane Cardinale—Corbis/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4872010/john-mccain-cancer-senate/","name":"John McCain Will Return to the Senate on Tuesday"}}]}] ```