Longtime Philadelphia Congressman Dwight Evans announced last May that he had suffered a stroke. Recovery and rehab for Evans lasted for months. He’s now back serving a new term in congress.

U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D., Pa.), who suffered a stroke in May, was not in Washington voting this week as his colleagues prepared to vote on a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

Dwight Evans was in his Washington ... It’s been this way since Jan 3.” Evans, who missed several months of votes last year ...