U.S. Senate leader Reid feeling better but still in hospital

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) gestures while speaking to the media following a Senate cloture vote on budget bill on Capitol Hill in WashingtonU.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appeared to be feeling better after being hospitalized on Friday with an undisclosed illness, his office said in a statement on the Senate's last work day of the year. He missed several key Senate votes as lawmakers wrapped up their work before the holiday break. "Early this morning, Senator Reid was not feeling well and as a precaution decided to go to the hospital. But the Senate's Assistant Majority Leader Richard Durbin said that he had spoken with Reid.