Congressional leaders plead with their absentee lawmakers: "You've got to come"
Source: msn/Axios
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Congressional leaders are straining to get their absentee members to return to Capitol Hill as the House's vote margins on major legislation grow ever more precarious.
Why it matters: Just on Thursday, an Iran war powers resolution failed to pass in a tie vote. Any lawmaker could have tipped the outcome — and half a dozen were absent.
"People cannot miss votes," a senior House Democrat told Axios. The truants on that vote included Reps. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) and Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.). Both have missed weeks of votes. The mystery of Wilson's absence was solved on Thursday — she is recovering from a major eye surgery — but questions surround Kean's mysterious disappearance.
What we're hearing: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) urged Wilson in a recent phone call to return to Washington, D.C., as quickly as possible, according to the senior House Democrat and another source familiar with the matter.
"You've got to come. The numbers are too small," the Democratic leader said, referring to Republicans' narrow House majority. Wilson, who is 83, explained about her eye surgery and said she plans to return to D.C. next Wednesday.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congressional-leaders-plead-with-their-absentee-lawmakers-youve-got-to-come/ar-AA23drre
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Will never forget Sr.'s NJ tourism ads that ran endlessly decades ago. 
Sr. was a nepo baby (his dad was a member of the House) and Sr.'s grandfather was also a nepo baby (that one was a Senator).
Kean University is named for Jr.'s grandfather.
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