{"id":86935,"date":"2026-06-30T10:17:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gop-rep-tom-kean-expected-to-return-to-congress-today-after-mysterious-illness\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:17:50","slug":"gop-rep-tom-kean-expected-to-return-to-congress-today-after-mysterious-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gop-rep-tom-kean-expected-to-return-to-congress-today-after-mysterious-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Tom Kean expected to return to Congress today after mysterious illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey is expected to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday after an undisclosed ailment kept him out of public view for months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kean, who is running for a third term in a competitive district, last voted on March 5 and has missed more than 140 votes as House GOP leaders try to advance their legislative priorities with little room to spare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After his extended absence became apparent, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he had spoken with Kean by phone on April 24 and that he was &#8220;attending to a personal health matter and expects to be back to 100% very soon.&#8221; Johnson told reporters weeks later that Kean &#8220;sounded good and optimistic&#8221; in the April call. The Louisiana Republican added, &#8220;I don&#8217;t even know the details&#8221; about his condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kean&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KeanForCongress\/status\/2048871625525760161?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first public statement<\/a> on his absence came in late April, when the congressman said he was addressing a &#8220;personal medical issue.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My doctors continue to assure me that my recovery will be complete and that I will be back to the job I love very soon,&#8221; the April 27 statement said. &#8220;I expect to return to a full schedule and be at 100 percent.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He gave no details about the issue and comments weeks later from his staff and family members only deepened the mystery around his absence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no cameras where Tom is,&#8221; his chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/14\/nyregion\/tom-kean-congress-missing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the New York Times, declining to elaborate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kean&#8217;s father, former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean Sr., told <a href=\"http:\/\/nj.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ.com<\/a> on May 15 that his son&#8217;s illness was &#8220;serious&#8221; but temporary and that he was under the care of a doctor away from home. He added, &#8220;he&#8217;ll be out in two or three weeks.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took a real illness to knock him out,&#8221; the elder Kean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/15\/politics\/tom-kean-jr-absence-congress-under-doctors-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CNN in another interview on May 15. &#8220;This won&#8217;t linger. It&#8217;s not some kind of disease that&#8217;s going to incapacitate him in the future. The consensus is that he will be 100% OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Kean&#8217;s social media accounts continued to post in the first person. He also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/9061?hl=thomas+kean&amp;s=4&amp;r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced legislation<\/a> and digitally signed congressional disclosure documents about his stock trades. The electronic signatures were dated <a href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/ptr-pdfs\/2026\/20034190.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/ptr-pdfs\/2026\/20034327.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/disclosures-clerk.house.gov\/public_disc\/ptr-pdfs\/2026\/20034616.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 22<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a May 21 phone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/congress\/kean-says-hell-be-expects-full-recovery-confirms-re-election-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with the New Jersey Globe, Kean said his doctors &#8220;are confident that I&#8217;m on the road to a full recovery&#8221; and that he understood &#8220;the need for public transparency.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He issued <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tom-kean-absent-washington-return-to-work-within-weeks\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">another statement<\/a><\/span> via his campaign on June 2, the day of his primary in which <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-jersey-7th-district-results-tom-kean-rebecca-bennett\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">he ran unopposed<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now I am focused on my recovery and under the advice of healthcare professionals, I will transition from virtual work to in person work within a matter of weeks. At that time I will be completely transparent as to the nature of my medical condition,&#8221; Kean said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked how it was acceptable for a member of Congress to be absent for months without giving further explanation, Johnson <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tom-kean-absent-washington-return-to-work-within-weeks\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said<\/a><\/span> &#8220;it&#8217;s not a scandalous thing at all.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do know what his health issue is but he&#8217;s asked me not to disclose that and I&#8217;m going to honor that,&#8221; Johnson said at a news conference on June 3. &#8220;What he&#8217;s dealing with is not very common and not a big thing.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When he explains it, it will all make sense,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A week before his return to the Capitol, Kean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/24\/nyregion\/tom-kean-missing-found.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">answered the door<\/a> at his New Jersey home, wearing a suit and tie, when a New York Times reporter knocked. 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