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Swing-seat Republican sidelined by ‘serious’ illness misses 88 votes as majority hangs by thread

May 18, 2026

An absent House lawmaker is expected to miss several more weeks of work after vanishing from Capitol Hill and the campaign trail due to an undisclosed illness. Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., has not voted in more than two months as House Republicans’ slim majority races to approve must-pass legislation ahead of the midterm elections. His father, former Gov. Tom Kean Sr., R-N.J., says his son may not...

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