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By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
New Jersey Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr. hasn’t been seen in Washington since he cast his last recorded vote on March 3. His staff hasn’t explained the Republican congressman’s absence, other than attributing it to a medical issue, and has given no timeline for his return.
Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that he doesn’t know the details. Kean’s neighbors haven’t seen him, nor have the denizens of the tony island enclave where his family summers.
The secrecy harkens back to an earlier era, when members of Congress routinely failed to disclose health information to their constituents or acknowledge if they were able to fulfill the duties of the job.
