PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans of Philadelphia is recovering at an inpatient rehabilitation facility after suffering a minor stroke, the congressmember said in a news release Thursday.

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

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, 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.