r/politics2 • u/georgebounacos • 1h ago
GovBrief Today #487
Voters in New Jersey's 7th District go to the polls today for a congressman no one has seen since March.
He has not campaigned but has no Republican challenger, so today's nomination is a formality. A bill still went out under Tom Kean's name last week, though the Democrat listed beside him as cosponsor says the two never spoke. A staffer with a VPN can file legislation from anywhere, which means the office can keep producing a congressman whether or not one ever shows up.
Kean's team calls it a medical emergency, and no one is owed his diagnosis. The district still has a congressman. Since March, what its residents have not had is a single vote cast in their interest.
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[1] https://go.govbrief.today/gop-chauvin
[2] https://go.govbrief.today/iran-war-june1
[3] https://go.govbrief.today/talks-collapse
[4] https://go.govbrief.today/peters-released
[5] https://go.govbrief.today/8647-flag
[6] https://go.govbrief.today/pentagon-office
[7] https://go.govbrief.today/medicaid-work
[8] https://go.govbrief.today/promotion-list
[9] https://go.govbrief.today/fund-halted
[10] https://go.govbrief.today/trans-troops
[11] https://go.govbrief.today/openai-sued
[12] https://go.govbrief.today/africa-visas
[13] https://go.govbrief.today/perez-brazil
[14] https://go.govbrief.today/kean-legislation
[15] https://go.govbrief.today/delaney-10
Epstein Timeline: https://go.govbrief.today/epstein-crimes
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