Missing GOP Rep Repeatedly Voted Against Sick Leave

Missing GOP Rep Repeatedly Voted Against Sick Leave

The Lever reports: U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) just took a taxpayer-funded four-month absence from Congress to treat clinical depression — despite repeatedly voting against paid sick leave for workers while serving as a State Senator in New Jersey. Kean opposed a 2018 New Jersey law requiring employers to provide up to 40 hours of paid time off for workers dealing with an illness or a medical condition. In 2008, Kean similarly voted against …

So Nice of Tom Kean to Take 4 Months of Paid Sick Leave After Voting Against Paid Sick Leave!

After vanishing for more than 100 days straight, Rep Tom Kean Jr. (R-New Jersey) returned to Congress on Tuesday to say his prolonged absence was because of a “diagnosis of depression.” (Welp. There go the Rapture theories.) “Many people think it is feeling sad, it is so much more than that,” he said during his five-minute speech on the House floor. “Until you experience it yourself, it is hard to understand ‘how powerful this illness could be.’…

Sick Leave For Me, Not For Thee

U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) just took a taxpayer-funded four-month absence from Congress to treat clinical depression — despite repeatedly voting against paid sick leave for workers while serving as a State Senator in New Jersey. Kean opposed a 2018 New Jersey law requiring employers to provide up to 40 hours of paid time off for workers dealing with an illness or a medical condition. In 2008, Kean similarly voted against legislation that ex…