ABOUT:
Defense policy analysis, commentary and discussion.Stacey Goers works in the Members and Information department at CQ Roll Call. She writes profiles of members of Congress for CQ.com, Roll Call and Politics in America, while maintaining the biographical information on the lawmakers.
She also works with the data on and descriptions of congressional districts, looking at everything from census data to political breakdowns to geographical descriptions.
Stacey also keeps information on committee staff and caucuses for CQ Roll Call.
She joined Congressional Quarterly in September 2008, first tracking down various congressional documents and then watching House and Senate floor action. An Illinois native, she’s a 2008 graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where she was editor of The Miami Student newspaper.
It’s close to 4 p.m. in the middle of the week, during a hot stretch of summer days. At the edge of Lincoln Park, where joggers and dog walkers are circling, the tiny Italian restaurant Ninnella is bustling. The floor is full of wine crates, lobster and octopus are spread in the kitchen, ice is being shuffled into bins and glasses are being wiped clean.
William “Mo” Cowan left the Senate on July 16 and, on returning to civilian life, switched his Twitter handle from @SenMoCowan to @MoCowan. The former Massachusetts Democratic senator sent out this last sweet message under his senatorial names.
His phone number in the Rayburn House Office Building is the same, and his congressional pin bears an uncanny resemblance to the one he received in 1995. Policy talk is still of budgeting and deficits, he received virtually the same committee assignments and he sees familiar faces in the Capitol’s hallways. But Rep. Matt Salmon, whose last stint in Congress ended 12 years ago, said this time will be different.
In a steamy church after a week of record-high temperatures in Washington, D.C., Sen. Susan Collins sat quietly during Sunday Mass on Capitol Hill. She was back in town from Maine early, a habit she’s acquired over her more than 15 years in Congress, during which she has cast more than 5,000 votes without missing a single one.
During the routine calling of names on the Senate floor, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) cast her 5,000th consecutive roll-call vote this afternoon, marking a streak with which few Members in either chamber can compare.
As the one-time district director for Tucson-area former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, it’s sort of back to business for Democrat Ron Barber. He rode the wave of national attention that came with winning the competitive special election June 12, but now it’s time for him again to tackle the casework, legislation and issues pertaining to Arizona’s 8th district.
Unlike most gyms or studios, the rooms at Biker Barre, the new fitness mashup on Capitol Hill, don’t have any mirrors. In the studio for indoor cycling, participants sweat and spin in almost total darkness.
Rep. Peter Roskam believes that a tax code overhaul, despite its prickly political connotations, could actually drive Members of varying ideological perspectives together.
After 35 years in Congress, the late Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers said, “The first 30 years are the hardest.” Sen. Barbara Mikulski doesn’t see the challenges diminishing anytime soon.
Rep.-elect Suzanne Bonamici's last name translates to "good friends" in Italian. The newest member of the Democratic Caucus hopes her state legislative experience proves that Democrats and Republicans can not only be friends, but can actually accomplish things.
A former college football player, freshman Rep. Jeff Denham isn't exactly someone who blends into a crowd. In the halls of the Capitol, he's likely to have other Members around him, a team of sorts.
On the quiet fourth floor of the Cannon House Office Building, Rep. Randy Hultgren is in a rather uncomfortable situation with his neighbor, Rep. Joe Walsh.
Like many of the freshmen ushered in by frustrated voters last fall, Rep. Steve Southerland stresses he did not come to Washington, D.C., to make friends.
Rep.-elect Mark Amodei emulates the same conservatism as most Republicans in the House: small government, less federal regulation and vows to not increase taxes.
Rep.-elect Bob Turner already knows how to deal with controversy, mediation and drama — political or otherwise. The newest Member of the New York delegation is known for helping launch the outrageous, and often bawdy, “Jerry Springer Show.”
Obscurity is a four-letter word for most politicians, but some Members of Congress build their careers outside the spotlight. The members of the Obscure Caucus stay off the national cable news circuit, spend more time forging relationships with colleagues behind closed doors than elbowing in front of C-SPAN cameras and avoid the kind of innuendo-laced stories that make up so much of today’s political coverage.
Now in his 14th term, Republican Rep. Dan Burton is accustomed to easy victories. One of the most conservative members in the House, he has repeatedly garnered overwhelming support from voters in his central Indiana district -- until 2008, when a strong challenger nearly defeated him in the Republican primary.
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