Rev. Dr. Robert William (Bob) Edgar is president and CEO of Common Cause, a nonpartisan government watchdog organization, effective May 2007. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania. Prior to his position as president and CEO of Common Cause, he came from the post of general secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S. (NCC).