Rep. Howard Berman

Democrat  •  28th District, California  •  14th Term  •  Sworn In 1983
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
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02/09/10
Support the Dream Act Campaign at Tufts: The Light on the Hill: A ...

In March of 2009, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) was re-introduced by Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois and Representative Howard Berman of California to Congress. The bill would give graduates ...

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02/09/10
Armenian Issues

Howard Berman (Dem.-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, that his panel would take up the Armenian Genocide resolution on March 4. Even though the genocide resolution is unrelated to the Protocols, a few days before ...

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02/09/10
U.S. Congress moves against anti-gay Uganda bill | DC Agenda

chair of the Foreign Relations African Affairs subcommittee. The sponsor of the resolution in the House is Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda, ...

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02/09/10
Seta's Armenian Blog: Armenian Genocide Resolution Committee Vote ...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman (D-CA), a leading Congressional supporter of human rights and a longstanding friend of the Armenian American community, has scheduled a vote of his panel on the Armenian ... Th

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02/08/10
News Essentials: Armenian 'genocide' bill to test US-Turkish ...

Howard Berman, the powerful Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee, said Feb. 5 that he intends to call a committee vote on the resolution March 4. The resolution would call on President Barack ...

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02/08/10
TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON FEB 8 [ WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS ]

U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Howard Berman has scheduled a vote of his panel on "genocide" resolution on March 4. Speaking to reporters on board the plane en route from Germany to Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet ...

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02/08/10
Brace for Impact on Iran » Israel

House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Howard Berman (D-CA), who has pushed legislation that would impose tougher sanctions, said in a statement: “With this move Iran is only escalating the situation over its nuclear activities into a ...

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02/06/10
News Essentials: U.S. House Panel To Take Up Armenian Genocide Bill

Howard Berman, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he intended to call a committee vote on the nonbinding resolution on March 4. The resolution would call on President Barack Obama to ensure that U.S. ...

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02/06/10
Uprooted Palestinians: Senate passes AIPAC sponsored Iran ...

There is a separate Petroleum Sanctions act sponsored by Ileana Ros Lehtinen (R-FL) and Howard Berman (D-CA) that passed the House in October. The Senate bill was sponsored by Democrat Chris Dodd and Republican Richard Shelby. ...

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02/06/10
RIGHTS: This Time Around, Thailand Targets Karen Refugees ...

“If forced to return, these refugees will suffer horrific human rights abuses,” added the letter, whose signatories included Rep. Howard Berman, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs. “They will undoubtedly be subject to forced ...

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02/06/10
planetransgender: Support House (H.R. 1064) and Senate (S.R. 409 ...

The House resolution, H.R. 1064, sponsored by Howard Berman (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), received thirty-nine cosponsors. The Senate resolution, S.R. 409, sponsored by Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Tom Coburn (R-OK), currently has four co-sponsors. T

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02/05/10
Uganda Ethics Minister Protests as Obama, Clinton, Congress...

In related news, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Howard Berman introduced a resolution (PDF) condemning the law. It was signed by more than three dozen members of Congress " including Committee Ranking Republican ...

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02/05/10
U.S. to recognize Armenian Genocide? .::. The Armenian News by A1+

Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Howard Berman has set the date for March 4. There are currently 135 Democrat and Republican Congressmen supporting the resolution. According to "Azatutyun" Radio, the Foreign Relations ...

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02/05/10
Chairman Berman Sets Committee Vote On Genocide Resolution For ...

US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman (D-CA), a leading Congressional supporter of human rights and a longstanding friend of the Armenian American community, has scheduled a vote of his panel on the Armenian Genocide ... said Rep. Ada

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02/05/10
Bipartisan Statement on Science Diplomacy

... of science and technology exchanges in US foreign policy. On February 9th, we will host a reception that will feature remarks by Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), Dr. Peter Agre, Amb. Paula J. Dobriansky, and Amb. Thomas R. Pickering. ...

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02/05/10
Thailand Politics: Karen Next for Expulsion

Irrawaddy reports that 29 US House Rep's have written to the Thai PM urging him to halt the scheduled repatriation of Karen refugees (notice the wide range in refugee numbers in the different media). ... Among the signatories of the letter are Howard

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02/05/10
Iran Sanctions Bill Passes Senate

Chris Dodd, D-CT, and a companion bill by Rep. Howard Berman, D-CA. Those bills both include measures that could affect large swaths of the Iranian population by restricting such things as refined petroleum exports to the country. ...

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02/05/10
US house panel to vote bil on 1915 incidents between Turks ...

Howard Berman, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Friday he intended to call a committee vote on the non-binding resolution on March 4. The resolution would call on President Barack Obama to ensure ...

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02/05/10
Armenian Reporter:

Genocide resolution gets March 4 committee vote. Move puts pressure on Turkey to act on Armenia protocols. by Emil Sanamyan. Published: Friday February 05, 2010. Rep. Howard Berman chairing committee meeting. Armenian Reporter. ...

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02/05/10
The Progressive Puppy: Sugar's Rainbow: DADT and Other Primitive ...

Or maybe they were sucking on grapefruits.) The yearly gathering is hosted by religious conservatives who regularly bash LGBT Americans in Jesus' name. Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) has introduced a bill condemning Uganda's treatment of its ...

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02/05/10
Tonight's State Dinner: The Guest List – Washington Wire – WSJ

The Honorable (Rep.) Howard Berman, United States Representative (D/California) Mrs. Jane Berman, Spouse of United States Representative (D/California). Mr. Om Prakash Bhatt. Mr. Hunter Biden Mrs. Kathleen Biden ...

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02/05/10
End the Cycle of Genocide, Recognition of the Armenian Genocide ...

Chairman Howard Berman Sets Committee Vote for Armenian Genocide Resolution for Thursday, March 4th. Your Signature Is Necessary. Please sign the Petition below the video of Chairman Ken Hachikian outlining the support needed to pass ...

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02/05/10
Truth Wins Out - Open Letter to U.S. Christian Rightist who ...

Along with President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep Tammy Baldwin and Rep Howard Berman in publicly repudiating Uganda's criminalization of homosexuality and, in particular, the extreme Uganda Bill #18's call for life in ...

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02/05/10
Iraq snapshot - February 4, 2010

The above and more has resulted in a letter to the White House, House Reps William Delahunt, Howard Berman, Gary Ackerman, Donald Payne, Russ Carnahan, John Tanner, Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee, Brad Miller, Keith Ellison, Jim Moran, .... Among those intervi

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02/05/10
BURMA DIGEST » Article » BURMA RELATED NEWS – FEBRUARY 05, 2010

“If forced to return, these refugees will suffer horrific human rights abuses,” added the letter, whose signatories included Rep. Howard Berman, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs. “They will undoubtedly be subject to forced ...

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02/05/10
Queer Muslim Revolution: Uganda: Urge the U.S. Congress to Condemn ...

The House resolution, H.R. 1064, sponsored by Howard Berman (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), received thirty-nine cosponsors. The Senate resolution,S.R. 409, sponsored by Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Tom Coburn (R - OK), currently has ...

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02/05/10
Impractical Proposals: Military Funding: Some anti-war candidates

If you are looking for candidates to get behind in upcoming primaries and the 2010 general election, here are some representatives, all but one of them Democrats, who when Bush was prfesident pledged to end war funding: Rep. ... Note that Brad Sherman, Ho

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02/05/10
Obama Publicly Condemns Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Legislation ...

Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) introduced a resolution condemning Uganda's anti-gay bill. “The proposed Ugandan bill not only threatens human rights, it also reverses so many of the gains that ... The bill h

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02/05/10
House Foreign Affairs Committee Schedules Vote on Armenian ...

WASHINGTON–US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.), a leading Congressional supporter of human rights and a longstanding friend of the Armenian American community, has scheduled a vote of his panel on the ...

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02/05/10
Rights: This Time Around, Thailand Targets Karen Refugees — Global ...

'If forced to return, these refugees will suffer horrific human rights abuses,' added the letter, whose signatories included Rep. Howard Berman, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs. 'They will undoubtedly be subject to forced ...

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