{"id":129526,"date":"2026-04-27T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/tom-kean-jrs-prolonged-absence-puts-pressure-on-house-republicans-razor-thin-majority-129526"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:00:06","slug":"tom-kean-jrs-prolonged-absence-puts-pressure-on-house-republicans-razor-thin-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/tom-kean-jrs-prolonged-absence-puts-pressure-on-house-republicans-razor-thin-majority-129526","title":{"rendered":"Tom Kean Jr’s prolonged absence puts pressure on House Republicans’ razor-thin majority"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House Republicans face a critical week for must-pass legislation, but one GOP lawmaker who has tallied dozens of missed votes may not be present.<\/p>\n

Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., has missed more than a month of votes due to an unspecified health issue. It remains to be seen whether the two-term lawmaker will be absent again this week as the House considers a budget blueprint to fund immigration enforcement<\/a> and legislation reauthorizing the government\u2019s warrantless surveillance powers.<\/p>\n

Kean\u2019s prolonged absence comes as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,<\/a> can afford to lose just a handful of votes on party-line legislation given House Republicans\u2019 razor-thin majority.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s expected to be totally fine and back to a full schedule soon,” Harrison Neely, a spokesperson for Kean, told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MEET ANALILIA MEJIA, THE SANDERS-AOC BACKED PROGRESSIVE WHO JUST WON ELECTION TO CONGRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Neely did not specify when Kean plans to resume work or the nature and extent of Kean\u2019s illness.<\/p>\n

Kean has missed 50 roll call votes since March 17, amounting to a 100% absence rate, according to GovTrack, a website that monitors congressional absences. He last voted on March 5 \u2014 nearly two months ago.<\/p>\n

Johnson said Thursday that he spoke to Kean by phone and expects him to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n

“He is attending to a personal health matter and expects to be back to 100% very soon,” Johnson said in a statement to Fox News Digital, first obtained by The New York Times. “Tom is one of the most dedicated and hardest-working Members of Congress, and I am grateful for all he does and will continue to do to serve New Jerseyans and our country.”<\/p>\n

THESE HOUSE MAVERICKS DEFIED THEIR OWN PARTIES MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE IN 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The scrutiny over Kean\u2019s extended absences comes as national Democrats are aggressively targeting his swing seat<\/a> ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates Kean\u2019s re-election contest as a “toss-up.”<\/p>\n

Kean fended off Democratic candidate Sue Altman<\/a> by five points in 2024. Four Democratic challengers are vying in a June primary to unseat him.<\/p>\n

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) sharply criticized Kean for not disclosing his specific health issue to his constituents.<\/p>\n

“New Jersey voters deserve to know where Congressman Kean Jr. is and why he continues to play the stock market while in office,” Eli Cousin, a DCCC spokesman, told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cousin alluded to a recent NOTUS report<\/u><\/a> that found Kean has continued to make several personal stock trades during his absence from Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

A Kean spokesperson told The New Jersey Globe<\/u><\/a> last year that the congressman\u2019s investments are handled by financial advisors without his involvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kean\u2019s office has notably continued to post on social media throughout his extended absence from Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Kean\u2019s office highlighted that two bills he introduced<\/a> earlier in this Congress advanced out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The post did not mention that Kean was not present for the committee markup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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