He was also a Congressional Fellow for Representative Carl C. Perkins.
He also won a fellowship from the American Political Science Association to work as a Congressional Fellow.
He first went to Washington D.C. in 1969, where he worked as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator Philip A. Hart and Representative James G. O'Hara, both Democrats.
Prior to his stint in the House of Representatives, he was a Congressional Fellow to the late Speaker Ramon Mitra and Chief of Staff to the late Senator Raul Roco.
In 1987, she moved to the United States to work for Democratic U.S. Representative Patricia Schroeder as a Congressional Fellow.
She has worked on the secretariat staff of Secretaries Kissinger and Vance, and as a Congressional Fellow in the office of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole.
During the 105th Congress, Andrew Balas served as Congressional Fellow for the Public Health and Safety Subcommittee of the United States Senate.
Additionally, she served as a Congressional Fellow in the Office of United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye [Hawaii] (March 1993 - January 1995).
He was a Congressional Fellow and a consultant to the Committee on Administration in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 2004, he worked as a Congressional Fellow and chief advisor to the Chairman of the US Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space regarding NASA and space issues.