Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) has not cast a vote in Congress since March 5, making it over a month since he last showed up to do his job. The 57-year-old congressman from New Jersey‘s seventh district has been dealing with unspecified health problems, but the details of his condition remain unclear, even to his fellow House Republicans. His prolonged absence has started to draw attention from both sides of the aisle.
Kean’s New Jersey Republican colleagues, including Reps. Jeff Van Drew and Chris Smith, say they have been kept in the dark about where he is or what is going on. House Republicans from New York who have worked with Kean on legislation said the same. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) told Politico he did not even know Kean was absent until he tried to find him on the House floor on Tuesday.
