About
Foster, George William A Representative from Illinois; born in Madison, Wis., October 7, 1955; B.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dane County, Wis., 1975; Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1984; physicist; senior physicist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; entrepreneur; fellow, American Physical Society; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative John Dennis Hastert, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (March 8, 2008-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present).
Official Biography · U.S. Congress.
Performance & Participation
Votes CastTop 25%
100% — Voted in 642 of 645 roll call votes this congress.
Avg 97% · Most: 100% · Least: 18%
Vote IndependenceMiddle 50%
2.1% — Voted against their own party majority 13 of 604 times.
Avg 2.1% · Most independent: 23.7% · Most party-line: 0.0%
Cosponsors AttractedMiddle 50%
180 — Attracted 180 cosponsors across 33 bills.
Avg 299 · Most: 1,868 · Least: 0
Cosponsors Attracted Cross-AisleMiddle 50%
16 — Attracted 16 cosponsors across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 1,291 · Least: 0
Cosponsorships GivenMiddle 50%
245 — 245 bills cosponsored.
Avg 304 · Most: 1,768 · Least: 3
Cosponsorships Given Cross-AisleMiddle 50%
49 — 49 bills cosponsored across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 803 · Least: 0
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