Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Howard L. Berman
Howard Berman was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1983, who voted with most Democrats on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 16 bills that became law (100th–112th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6644 Global Partnerships Act of 2012Dec 11, 2012 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, and Rules…
- H.Res. 714 Expressing support to end commercial whaling in all of its forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations.Jun 28, 2012 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.R. 3992 To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar…Jun 8, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-130.
- H.R. 4041 Export Promotion Reform ActJun 4, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- H.R. 4824 To suspend temporarily the duty on non-woven recycled polyethylene terephthalate.May 2, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2194 (111th) Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010Became law
- H.R. 91 (101st) Anti-Terrorism and Arms Export Amendments Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 1176 (102nd) Foreign Relations Persian Gulf Conflict Emergency Supplemental Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991Became law
- H.R. 5690 (110th) To remove the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the…Became law
- H.R. 5501 (110th) Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 5034 (103rd) To make certain technical amendments relating to the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, the United States Information and Educational Exchange…Became law
- H.R. 1415 (102nd) Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993Became law
- H.R. 2122 (102nd) Emergency Supplemental Persian Gulf Refugee Assistance Act of 1991Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Berman has won
Rep. Berman has won 15 U.S. House elections (1982–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 19.2 to 74.6 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has California’s 28th district done while Rep. Berman served?
2005 to 2011 in CA-28: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 5.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.2 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in California’s 28th district during Berman’s time representing it (2003 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. CA-28 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 18 | See the 18 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.