{"id":73077,"date":"2026-05-21T23:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/21\/absent-congressmember-tom-kean-jr-starts-working-the-phone-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:19:58","slug":"absent-congressmember-tom-kean-jr-starts-working-the-phone-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/21\/absent-congressmember-tom-kean-jr-starts-working-the-phone-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Absent congressmember Tom Kean Jr. starts working the phone &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxNellXdjlOTlNOV1NxWlpLMjZ3V2FDWXQ3d3ZOaU9Cc1RUZktiU2VzR3BnaTl5ZlRuVWdiYUpLRkVFckFaRklXN0lwN2xsNGpkVjVYbXp1YWtKNl9pVTRBT2ZQNFpaeDBodjlNUi1iQS1iQXJXb05ydmo2QUtTc09VQWVtNnJlcTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Absent congressmember Tom Kean Jr. starts working the phone<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNWGstcU9FV3Q4LXhTeGw5azhjVmpMRUxqb2xLN0tTcFQxeTlGSVFDYXFRY0xjVXlNQ3ZoUS1WYmViMk5sWGtSQi1TY2pYbldmaEhKTTU0VGdHdUJDZTlWOHdVMkx4d3hYa0pvSTJuMVVnTVQ5R3B4d1B6Y21WSHB1bUE4anJPdDhrakdadkNxRGU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">GOP congressman is under doctor\u2019s care, his father says amid mysterious absence from Washington<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPblNPM1BGSjNRa08tbXpsamdmdW1yVFVkSXFxbGhxdGpHemgyVG9GZVpwS3pvazBjcFNSMFZiQVA0VzFEWHBxY0FnLTdySzJfUTJ5M2lwbW9ISnhtMklzeVgwZWVIRjdLWUxaRmlxU0FldXNxRHVfN2x0UFJseUlEenllNGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional leaders plead with their absentee lawmakers: &#8220;You&#8217;ve got to come&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNR3F1eU9UVFlCWGlYN2J0QVFobDlQZWI3WlJKMVFqWC1ZT19hQjZGUzBGOTZTc0V1eGdsVHVyMjRJVHRhb2VBUlZCT3o5WW9xbnVjZzRzYV9VREdMY2hqcVgwNXBLYVJmQVM0bUlJMXBoQVdLekpyc1dwdnNCc3FUd192RkhIbFl6bUVDY25IVDl1WEtoZmFBNVZDaDNsT3ZfYllr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Kean says he expects full recovery, confirms re-election bid<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">New Jersey Globe<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQY0luWVZvOUV0X1FQaGlBMzctUHFTb0phem52eVFJYTdoVlA2MllIZlBkakNJQzlGQnEtYm8zeWUtNE9wMTRnZW9IWWZVYVljRFJKQVJmNG1YWURaTXdtS24xdlRNbUV5b1JJU1ZyR0hnaWdCVTNMa2xTdkp3YUt4VVpIYVBhTmxpbjNiYXlHT2k5Y3ZVZGJkS3djelBYd2Q3YUpKbTBzZG0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Tom Kean hasn\u2019t been seen in his N.J. district, where voters are split on his mysterious absence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absent congressmember Tom Kean Jr. starts working the phone&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico GOP congressman is under doctor\u2019s care, his father says amid mysterious absence from Washington&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Congressional leaders&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/21\/absent-congressmember-tom-kean-jr-starts-working-the-phone-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}