Missing Republican finally explains 3-month paid absence
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Rep. Tom Kean Jr. hadn't voted since March, refusing for months to clarify why he'd been gone. He missed more than 140 roll call votes.
Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who's been away from Congress for almost four months with an unspecified medical condition, has returned to say he had been treated for depression.
This case involves the dismissal of an employee who was accused of abandoning his job due to excessive absences without prior permission. The main issues revolve around what constitutes “excessive” absence that may be deemed abandonment of work, and ...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Monday criticized fellow GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (N.J.) for his four-month absence from Congress after the New Jersey lawmaker returned to the Capitol. “I think it’s embarrassing,
