On Saturday, September 2, 2006, I staffed an event by my member at the
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in
Philadelphia. So what, you say? Congressional Fellows are supposed to
staff events, right? Yes, but three years after my fellowship ended? To be
sure, I have continued to be part of the Congressional Fellowship Program
(CFP) in the last few years by continuing to work with staffers who were
my colleagues in Congress, giving talks to interested groups about my
experiences such as the recent presentation I gave on “How a Bill
Really Becomes a Law” at the Dirksen Congressional Center, attending
CFP events at conferences and in D.C., and generally keeping in touch with
the director of the program, Jeff Biggs, and other fellows. Despite all of
this, I never imagined I would end up staffing another event after I left
Capitol Hill.