U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans was in his Washington office Tuesday afternoon overlooking the U.S. Capitol but he planned to leave ahead of President Donald J. Trump’s evening address to 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.

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.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Evans, 70, was running for a fifth full term in his heavily Democratic ...