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Brad Sherman

Howard Berman: A Standard of Leadership on the DREAM Act

Cesar Vargas | Posted 01.02.2013 | Latino Voices
Read More: Brad Sherman, Howard Berman, Immigration, California, DREAM Act, 30th-Congressional-District, Latino Voices News
Cesar Vargas

Although it is easy for politicians or candidates to deliver talking points on the DREAM Act, it is more difficult to see real leadership on the issue. Rep. Howard Berman has provided not only comforting rhetoric, but also legislative leadership on the DREAM Act and immigration in general.

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Dem Calls Opponent 'Too Angry' After Bizarre Grab

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 10.17.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Berman, Sherman, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Berman Sherman, Elections 2012, Brad Sherman, Sherman-Berman, Howard Berman, Howard Berman Brad Sherman, Politics News

The campaign of Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) announced a new ad Wednesday showing footage of a recent incident where his primary rival, Rep. Brad She...

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Friday Talking Points: Biden's Big Night

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.12.2012 | Politics
Read More: Vice President, Debate, President Obama, Tip ONeill, 47 Percent, California, Vice Presidential Debate, Bill Maher, Abortion, Jack Kennedy, Massachusetts, Joe Biden, Democrats, Barack Obama, Malarkey, Brad Sherman, Paul Ryan, Elections 2012, Debates 2012, Republicans, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The lights are being removed, the podiums are gone, and the cleanup crew is sweeping up the tiny, tiny pieces of Paul Ryan that were left all over the stage last night. Heh. Well, maybe not really, but it certainly seems that way, doesn't it?

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Congressman Regrets Grabbing Rival In Bizarre Incident

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 12.12.2012 | Politics
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LOS ANGELES — A Southern California congressional race marred by personal smears and finger-pointing descended into a Jerry Springer moment when...

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Bitter House Race Turns Physical

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 12.11.2012 | Politics
Read More: Elections 2012, Politics News, Brad Sherman, Rep Brad Sherman, Congress, Video, Brad Sherman Howard Berman Fight, Brad Sherman Howard Berman, 2012 Election, 2012 Congressional Races, Politics News

LOS ANGELES — An increasingly bitter California congressional race between two House Democrats turned physical Thursday when one aggressively se...

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Berman's Chicago Fundraiser

Posted 10.05.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Election 2012 Blog, Berman-Sherman, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Brad Sherman, Howard Berman, Election 2012, Politics News

Down 13 points in the latest poll, Howard Berman is fighting for his political life against fellow Los Angeles-area Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.). S...

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Matt Sledge

Two California Democrats Battle Over Campaign Loans

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Berman-Sherman, Elections 2012, Brad Sherman, Howard Berman, Brad Sherman Campaign Loans, Brad Sherman Loans, Campaign Finance, Politics News

NEW YORK -- An election battle between two California Democrats is heating up once again with new accusations from the campaign of Rep. Howard Berman ...

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Zach Carter

Wall Street 'Cash Committee', In Congress To Lose Hardest Hitting Members

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Dodd-Frank, Frank, Banking Committee, Lobbying, Economy, Barney Frank, Jobs, Regulation, Jamie Dimon, Obama, Jpm, Barack Obama, Video, JP Morgan, Wall Street, Cash Committee, Jpmorgan, Financial Services Committee, Deregulation, Financial Crisis, Banks, Brad Sherman, J.P. Morgan, Subprime, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Some of the toughest questions for JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon during Tuesday's House Financial Services Committee hearing came from ...

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Kathleen Miles

A Few Surprises In CA & LA Election Results

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 06.06.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Ca Term Limits, Tobacco Tax, Carmen Trutanich, La Primary 2012, Alan Jackson, Michael Antonovich, Howard Berman, California Primary 2012, Prop 28, Laura Richardson, Jackie Lacey, Janice Hahn, California Election 2012, La Election 2012, Richard Bloom, Richard Alarcon, Brad Sherman, Prop 29, Betsy Butler, Cigarette Tax, Los Angeles News

The biggest news in California's presidential primary election Tuesday? That an initiative to impose a $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes appears to have l...

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Paul Blumenthal

Super PACs Make Major Shift

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.10.2012 | Politics
Read More: Super Pac, Thomas Massie, 2012 Elections, Freedomworks, Jim Demint, Super PACs, Elections 2012, Howard Berman, Don Stenberg, David Dewhurst, Campaign Finance, Dick Lugar, George Holding, Super Mini Pacs, 2012 Election, Ted Cruz, Richard Mourdock, Brad Sherman, Club for Growth, 2012 Congressional Races, Politics News

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 | Politics
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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Zach Carter

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.11.2011 | Politics
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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Zach Carter

Korea Trade Agreement Would Subsidize North Korea Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.04.2011 | Politics
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 | Politics
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 | World
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
Ali Safavi

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 | Politics
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
Linda Milazzo

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 | Los Angeles
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
Edward Headington

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 | World
Read More: Jack Kennedy, Clinton Administration, John Bolton, United Nations, Jose Maria Aznar, Pmoi, US Congress, State Department, Eu, Court of APPEAL, Mujahedin-E Khalq, Federal Appeals Court, Iran, Bob Woodward, Mek, Martin Indyk, Brad Sherman, Richard Burton, Camp Ashraf, Terrorism, Poac, Mohammad Khatami, Fto, World News
Ali Safavi

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

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 | Los Angeles
Read More: Anti-Semitism, Free Gaza, Jews, Mavi Mara, Paranoia, Palestine, Congress, Temple, Election, Jewish, Defamation, Israeli Deputy Consul, Freedom Flotilla, Synagogue, Gaza, Town Hall, Israel, Brad Sherman, California's 27th Congressional District, Primary Election, Mark Reed, Congressman Brad Sherman, Allegiance, Yoav Shamier, Israeli, Ca-27, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

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

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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Sam Stein

TARP Repayments Becoming Troubled Asset For Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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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Shahien Nasiripour

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 | Business
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 | Politics
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 | World
Read More: Israel, Goldstone Amendment, Brad Sherman, J Street, Loretta Sanchez, Michael Oren, Jerusalem, World News
MJ Rosenberg

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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