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Howard L. Berman

Headshot b. 1941-04-15 , Los Angeles, CA
represents CA-28
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: LLB, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 1965 BA, International Relations, University of California, Los Angeles, 1962.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 79,866 (74.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $944,665 (#178)
Spent 91% (#109)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 66% (#103)
From PACs 30% (#388)

Earmarks

Requested 20 (#303)
Total cost $11,113,200 (#431)
Received 20 (#286)
Total cost $10,618,200 (#419)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,352 (#44)
Introduced 60 (#262)
Debated 17 (#111)
Enacted 5 (#125)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 611 words (#414)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 41% left-wing (#377)
Predictable 97% (#88)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400025 (GovTrack), N00008094 (OpenSecrets), B000410 (Congressional Bio), 15005 (ICPSR), 26756 (Vote Smart), H2CA26026 (FEC)