Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. will announce his resignation from Congress “momentarily” in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Jackson’s brother Jonathan Jackson told the Chicago Tribune.

The announcement comes two weeks after Jackson won re-election without campaigning.

The 47-year-old Jackson had not been on Capitol Hill since late May. He has been on medical leave for bipolar depression.

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