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The receipts on Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr. — and the records behind them

1 receipt across 1 issue , drawn from 3 primary public records. Every claim below traces to a source you can open yourself.

1 issue 1 receipt 3 primary records Latest: Apr 28, 2026

The files

FILE №015 Apr 28, 2026

Where Is Tom Kean?

A sitting Republican congressman has not voted in fifty-four days. He has been healthy enough to sign $190,000 in equity trades, raise $1.1 million in donor checks, and dodge his own party's phone calls. He is not the exception. He is the playbook.

“He signed the trades. He cashed the donor checks. The Congress he was elected to serve has been voting without him.”

Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr. stock vote
  • stock act
  • congress
  • absence
  • accountability

The receipts

  1. R-2026-015 ABSENCE ↔ TRADES 3 of 3 confirmed Right of reply: pending

    Tom Kean Jr. — 54 Days Absent, $190K in Trades, Blind Trust Never Created

    STOCK Act PTR (Apr 13 2026) · House Roll Call records · FEC Q1 2026

The record trail

Every public-record and reporting link cited across these receipts, de-duplicated and grouped by where the record lives — 3 primary records. Follow the trail yourself.

Campaign finance (FEC)1

Committee pages, Schedule A/B itemizations, and disclosure timestamps from the Federal Election Commission.

  • FEC Q1 2026 committee filingFederal Election Commissionprimary recordPublic campaign finance disclosure.No public link — record held in editorial archive.
Congress & disclosure2

House Clerk and Senate records — roll-call votes, STOCK Act periodic transaction reports, financial disclosures, and bill pages.

  • House roll call recordsU.S. House Clerkprimary recordPublic vote attendance record.No public link — record held in editorial archive.
  • STOCK Act PTR dated Apr. 13, 2026U.S. House Clerkprimary recordPublic periodic transaction report.No public link — record held in editorial archive.
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