McConnell, Kean absences revive debate about what information lawmakers owe voters

Summary

Lawmakers’ extended and sometimes unexplained absences from Washington are raising questions about how much transparency elected officials owe the public about their health. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been in the hospital for more than three weeks, with aides providing few details about the reason even as 911 dispatch audio revealed paramedics had responded to…