Representative Thomas Kean Jr. is apparently well enough to play in the stock market, even as he continues to skip work.

The mystery of a New Jersey congressman's absence has consumed Washington for weeks.

Representative Thomas Kean Jr. is apparently well enough to play in the stock market, even as he continues to skip work.

Kean has insisted he’s still running for re-election despite an undisclosed health condition that’s kept him absent from Washington.

Tom Kean, Jr. has been calling party officials and signaling his imminent return as a report claims he was making stock trades during his absence.

Kean, 57, has not voted in the House since March 5, but financial disclosures show that he has certified 13 stock trades since March 10.