Brad Sherman

Super PACs Make Major Shift

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.10.2012

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday night Indiana conservative upstart Richard Mourdock defeated 36-year incumbent Sen. Dick Lugar in a primary battle that featu...

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Issa Gives Unusual Thumbs Up To Dem In Heated Battle

Los Angeles Times | Jean Merl | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Brad Sherman, Howard Berman, California, Darrel Issa Howard Berman, Darrell Issa, Politics News

Rep. Howard Berman, who is locked in a pitched reelection battle with fellow liberal Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman, likes to say he can work with Repub...

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WATCH: House Opposition To Trade Deals Intensifies Amid Continued Violence In Colombia

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Economy, Afl-Cio, Pelosi, Free Trade, Jobs, Obama, Labor Unions, Trumka, Deficit, Labor, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, Trade, Brad Sherman, Fta, Mcconnell, Harry Reid, Trade Adjustment Assistance, Unions, Korea, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- On August 4, Senate leaders announced a "breakthrough" in negotiations over three trade deals currently pending before Congress that now...

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Korea Trade Agreement Would Subsidize North Korea Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Ros-Lehtinen, Economy, Jobs, Free Trade, Obama, Dave Camp, Politics, Kaesong, Sander Levin, Trade, Brad Sherman, Unions, Korea, North Korea, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In 2004, Hyundai inked one of the best land deals in history. For a mere $12 million, the South Korean conglomerate secured the rights t...

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House Rejects Effort To Prohibit Funds For U.S. Involvement In Libya

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Libya Conflict, House of Representatives, John McCain, Congress, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Senate Armed Services Committee, Betty McCollum, Democrats, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Gaddafi, Libya, Transitional-National-Council, Libya Rebels, Muammar Gaddafi, 1973-War-Powers-Act, Nato, Dennis Kucinich, Guantanamo Bay, Norm Dicks, Libyan Rebels, Brad Sherman, Tom Cole, Justin Amash, War Powers Resolution, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to bar military aid to Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi but stopped short of prohibiting funds for U...

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Time to Act on Iran Regime

Ali Safavi | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, President Obama, Mek, Ali Khamenei, Pmoi, Brad Sherman, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, Camp Ashraf, Lee Hamilton, State Department, Mujahedin-E Khalq, Iran Protests, World News

The Iranian regime's nuclear aggression, suppression at home and terrorist support abroad are outracing US policy.

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American Midterm Candidates Pandered for Pro-Israel Money and Votes

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Boxer, House Energy and Commerce Committee, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Jerusalem, West Bank, Tom Campbell, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, Jane Harman, Pro-Israel, Palestine, Illinois Senate Race, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Henry Waxman, Temple Ramat Zion, Marcy Winograd, Democrats, Palestinians, Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, Republican Mark Kirk, Gaza, Loyalty, Midterm Elections, Hebrew, Brad Sherman, Native-American, Aipac, California's 27th Congressional District, Mohawk, Carly Fiorina, Huffington Post, Indigenous, Apache, Politics News

Israel and the United States are not one country. Being pro-Israel should not wield so much power that it becomes a principal issue in American elections.

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Ich Bin Ein Angeleno

Edward Headington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ich Bin Ein Berliner, California Democratic Party, Jerry Brown, Brad Sherman, Debra Bowen, California, Midterm Election, California Politics, Los Angeles, California Election, Los Angeles News

There is no lack of enthusiasm with Democrats in Van Nuys, the San Fernando Valley, the whole of Los Angeles and the rest of California.

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Reality Check: Who Are the Factual Journalists?

Ali Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

In "Who are the Terrorists," Kenneth Timmerman rehashes absurd tabloid allegations against the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq.

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Leading House Democrat Calls for Prosecution of Peace Activists

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Flotilla, Nonviolent Action, Civil Liberties, Brad Sherman, Gaza Blockade, Politics News

By claiming that the hundreds of dedicated peace and human rights activists are supporters of terrorism, U.S. Congressmen are mobilizing what could become a major backlash.

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Brad Sherman's Middle East Town Hall Rife With Fear and Aggression

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

On July 3, 2010, I received an email from a friend informing me that Congressman Brad Sherman, who is seeking reelection to his 8th term in California...

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Our Enemy's Enemy Is Our Enemy? The Strange Case of the U.S.-MEK Relationship

Allan Gerson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: PMOI/MEK, Congress, Camp Ashraf, US State Department, Mek, Obama Administration, Brad Sherman, Iran, Iraq, Bob Filner, World News

The enemy of our enemy should be our friend, but the U.S. State Department persists in keeping the the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, the largest Iranian anti-mullah organization, on the List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

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TARP Repayments Becoming Troubled Asset For Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Tarp Recycling, David Vitter, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics News

News that banks participating in the Troubled Asset Relief Program would be allowed to repay $68 billion in government funds has sparked a debate amon...

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"TARP on Steroids"

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Timothy Geithner, Treasury Department, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics News

The Obama administration, far from backing off or restricting TARP, is quietly moving forward a plan to create an even bigger, more permanent TARP.

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Smaller Banks May Be Forced To Subsidize "Too Big To Fail;" Leading House Dem Wants To Change That

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Fund Too Big to Fail, Tbtf, Bank Failures, Too Big to Fail, Brad Sherman Bank Amendment, Brad Sherman, Financial Crisis, Business News

-This story has been updated- A leading House Democrat plans to introduce Thursday a provision that would require those banks deemed "too big to fai...

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Brad Sherman: Finance Safeguards An Executive Power Grab, "TARP On Steroids"

Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman Finance Safeguards, Brad Sherman, Wall Street Bailout, Finance Reform Legislation, Financial Services Regulation, Financial Services Committee, Brad Sherman Wall Street Bail Out, Brad Sherman Tarp on Steroids, Tarp on Steroids, Politics News

In the wake of the recent financial meltdown, it sounds like a reasonable idea: A proposal granting the White House broad new authority to take over w...

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Senate and House Doves Attend Israeli Settler Pep Rally On Capitol Hill

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Goldstone Amendment, Brad Sherman, J Street, Loretta Sanchez, Michael Oren, Jerusalem, World News

On the very day the House was voting on the anti-Goldstone resolution, a far-right Israel group was meeting on the Hill to discuss a far-right, pro-settler agenda.

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Putting a Stop to Pay-Per-View and Pay-to-Kill Hunting

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Sportsmen's Alliance, Safari Club, National Rifle Association, Steve Cohen, Hunting, Internet Hunting, Ed Whitfield, Canned Hunting, Brad Sherman, Animals, Wildlife, Green News

The Sportsmanship in Hunting Act would ban the remote shooting of live animals over the Internet and the trophy shooting of exotic mammals held captive inside fenced enclosures.

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Holder: Justice Department Will Look Into TARP Recycling

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Tarp Recycling, Capital Purchase Program, Eric Holder, Politics News

Toward the end of a long House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder, Rep. Brad Sherman said he'd heard enough about torture a...

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Brad Sherman Hammers Treasury: "It's Not Illegal If Wall Street Wants It"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Bailout, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Politics News

In remarks on the House floor Tuesday, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) railed against the Treasury Department's plans to recycle bailout dollars paid bac...

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Timothy Geithner's Bailout Dollar Recycling May Be Illegal

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Brad Sherman, Bailout, Cpp, Tim Geithner, Politics News

In his testimony before the Congressional Oversight Panel on April 21, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that the government's bank bailout program...

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CNBC's Haines Fights Dem Rep. Sherman On AIG Bonuses (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cnbc, Video, Brad Sherman, Banking Crisis, Steven Pearlstein, Mark Haines, Washington Post, Bonus Outrage, Eat the Press, Politics News

Owning these CNBC hacks: it's not just for cable TV comedians anymore! Via the folks at TPM, here's video of CNBC's Mark Haines, who just cannot imag...

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Dem Rep Wants Limbaugh Debate: "You Are A Coward"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from California, has been a leading critic of his party leadership's response to the banking crisis. Over the past month...

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You Morons, What Have You Done With Our Money?

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 05.25.2011

Was it too much to ask Congress to examine this government intervention in the free market critically before authorizing the transfer of US taxpayer dollars to benefit the banking sector?

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Martial Law?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Economic Crisis, Federal Bailout, Wall Street Crash, Blackwater, Economy, Ellen Degeneres, Paul Andrew Mitchell, Lehman Brothers, Federal Reserve, Brad Sherman, Martial Law, Police State, Business News

This bailout is nothing more than the biggest bait and switch swindle that has ever been perpetrated on the American taxpayer.

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