Rep. Howard Berman

Former Representative from California's 28^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2003-2013	Representative	California's 28^th District
1983-2002	Representative	California's 26^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Berman was a moderate Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Berman’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Berman to other members of the House of Representatives in the 112^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1983 to Jan 2013, Berman missed 1,422 of 17,990 roll call votes, which is 7.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1983 Jan-Mar	42	11	26.2%	98^th
1983 Apr-Jun	180	32	17.8%	91^st
1983 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	48^th
1983 Oct-Nov	142	12	8.5%	65^th
1984 Jan-Mar	52	9	17.3%	87^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	14	6.3%	46^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	5	5.3%	65^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	6	16.7%	78^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	32^nd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	5	3.2%	40^th
1985 Jul-Sep	99	12	12.1%	85^th
1985 Oct-Dec	147	9	6.1%	68^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	9	7.0%	74^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	12	6.0%	62^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	2	3.3%	57^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	14	35.9%	96^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	12	6.4%	70^th
1987 Jul-Sep	94	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	7	4.2%	38^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	5	10.2%	80^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	20	12.4%	88^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	60^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	3	3.4%	56^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	8	7.6%	86^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	5	3.9%	72^nd
1989 Oct-Nov	120	13	10.8%	89^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	59^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	7	4.7%	62^nd
1990 Jul-Sep	183	4	2.2%	46^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	7	4.9%	65^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	77^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	8	5.8%	72^nd
1991 Jul-Sep	81	21	25.9%	99^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	14	8.6%	87^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	5	7.6%	68^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	12	6.5%	74^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	14	7.1%	82^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	5	12.2%	86^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	11	8.7%	91^st
1993 Apr-Jun	190	23	12.1%	88^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	13	7.9%	92^nd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	27	20.1%	98^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	72^nd
1994 Apr-Jun	219	16	7.3%	85^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	15	10.6%	85^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	7	13.7%	90^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	11	3.9%	82^nd
1995 Apr-Jun	189	31	16.4%	98^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	11	4.7%	81^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	23	12.4%	94^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	14	12.7%	92^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	16	8.8%	92^nd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	17	10.4%	95^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	7	9.9%	89^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	10	5.7%	83^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	23	9.9%	97^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	18	11.0%	94^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	10	11.2%	87^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	22	11.9%	93^rd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	8	4.0%	69^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	32	43.2%	99^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	53^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	27	14.7%	98^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	12	5.9%	85^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	24	16.4%	97^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	11	11.6%	85^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	20	7.2%	85^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	9	6.9%	83^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	11	10.9%	71^st
2001 Jan-Mar	75	4	5.3%	81^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	6	4.4%	75^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	19	12.8%	95^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	10	6.5%	86^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	8	10.1%	89^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	20	9.9%	93^rd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	11	7.8%	82^nd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	8	13.1%	89^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	3	3.2%	64^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	20	8.4%	90^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	22	11.4%	91^st
2003 Oct-Dec	151	12	7.9%	79^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	11	10.6%	83^rd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	73	33.0%	99^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	29^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	57^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	51^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	15	5.5%	78^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	14	9.6%	90^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	20	12.3%	93^rd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	9	11.1%	92^nd
2006 Apr-Jun	276	14	5.1%	84^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	6	3.8%	72^nd
2006 Nov-Dec	27	5	18.5%	89^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	10	4.7%	80^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	23	5.9%	85^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	7	2.2%	58^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	11	4.2%	64^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	11	7.4%	74^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	19	5.9%	75^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	11	5.4%	72^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	8	4.6%	80^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	18	5.9%	82^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	8	3.0%	69^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	20	8.1%	87^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	15	7.7%	82^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	8	3.7%	59^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	47^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	6	6.1%	68^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	4	1.9%	65^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	7	2.5%	68^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	8	3.2%	74^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	6	2.9%	59^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	9	6.0%	80^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	36	12.0%	91^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	18	11.8%	91^st
2012 Nov-Dec	51	13	25.5%	92^nd
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills