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Howard Berman

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Howard Berman currently serves the 28th Congressional district of California

Howard Lawrence Berman, a Democrat, has represented the 28th District of California in the House of Representatives since 1983. (map)

Contents

Record and controversies

General information about important bills and votes for can be found in Congresspedia's articles on legislation. You can add information you find on how Howard Berman voted by clicking the "[edit]" link to the right and typing it in. Remember to cite your sources!

Iraq War

For more information see the chart of U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War.

Berman voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 that started the Iraq War.[1]

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Support for gun control

In 1991, Berman cosponsored H.R. 3104, which intended "To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation and the manufacture of firearms designed to accept a silencer, bayonet, grenade launcher, flash suppressor, or folding stock, of certain ammunition feeding devices, and of related devices, and to provide for the imposition of enhanced penalties for the possession or the use of any such item in a crime of violence or in a drug trafficking crime." [2]

He also cosponsored H.R. 1312 (Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2005) on June 8, 2005.[3]

On March 13, 2007, he cosponsored H.R. 1022 (Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2007).[4]

Main article: U.S. gun legislation

Biography

Berman was born April 15, 1941, in Los Angeles, was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a lawyer and a member of the California Assembly before entering the House.

A self-described liberal, Berman aligns with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. He has voted against amending the constitution to require a balanced-budget, banning the desecration of the American flag, the Defense of Marriage Act, restrictions on abortion, the death penalty, lawsuit reform, tax cuts supported by the Republican Party, drilling in ANWR, and welfare reform. On some issues he is more moderate: he broke with the majority of his party to vote in favor of NAFTA and has voted for some subsequent free trade agreements. He opposes withdrawing U.S. support for the World Trade Organization. In 1996 Berman voted for the Immigration in the Natural Interest Act of 1995, which cracked down on illegal immigration, also in that same year he voted to phase out many farm subsidy programs put into place by the administration of President Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt as part of the New Deal. Notably, Berman voted to authorize military force in Iraq in both 1991 and 2003.

In 2000, Berman recieved the First Annual Farmworker Justice Award.[1]

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated Stanley Kesselman, and the Green Party nominated Byron Delear to face Berman in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [2] Berman retained his seat.

2008 elections

 This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the California superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.


Before Hillary Clinton conceded the race, Howard Berman, as a superdelegate, had not endorsed a candidate for President.

  • For more information and sources, see the state page for this superdelegate linked to in the blue box above.

Money in Politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00008094&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>

Links to more campaign contribution information for Howard Berman
from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile: 2006 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation: 2006 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by industry: 2006 election cycle Career totals


Committees and Affiliations

Committees

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

More Background Data

Wikipedia also has an article on Howard Berman. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC Office:
2221 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-0528
Phone: 202-225-4695
Fax: 202-225-3196
Email: howard.berman AT mail.house.gov
Website

District Office:
14546 Hamlin Street, Suite 202
Van Nuys, CA 91411
Phone: 818-994-7200
Fax: 818-994-1050

Articles and resources

Sources

  1. ↑ Roll call vote, Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
  2. ↑ Thomas page on H.R. 3104
  3. ↑ Thomas page on H.R. 1312
  4. ↑ Thomas page on H.R. 1022

Resources

Local blogs and discussion sites

Corresponding article on Wikipedia and Cause Caller. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of senators and representatives.)

Current Office: U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
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Committees: House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Foreign Affairs/Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, House Committee on the Judiciary, House Judiciary Task Force on Antitrust, House Judiciary Task Force on Antitrust/Subcommittee on Courts the Internet and Intellectual Property, House Judiciary Task Force on Antitrust/Subcommittee on Immigration Citizenship Refugees Border Security and International Law
Congressional Career
First Elected to Current Office:
November 2, 1982		 First Took Current Office:
January 3, 1983		 Next Election:
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California Assembly, 1973-83		 Other Party Membership:
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1. 14546 Hamlin Street, Suite 202, Van Nuys, CA 91411
Phone: 818-994-7200 / Fax: 818-994-1050
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Date of Birth: April 15, 1941







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