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House Democrat wants reckoning after Mitch McConnell, Tom Kean Jr. absences
The prolonged absences of Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have inspired a bill that would force members of Congress to offer up more information when they go AWOL, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The back-to-back disappearances have sparked an intense national debate over the degree to which federal lawmakers are obligated to be transparent with the public about their health. After missing nearly four months of House votes for an unexplained health reason, Kean re…
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