Rep. Brad Sherman
Representative for California’s 32nd District
pronounced brad // SHER-mun
Sherman is the representative for California’s 32nd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Sherman is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 68 years old.
He was previously the representative for California’s 30th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022; the representative for California’s 27th congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2012; and the representative for California’s 24th congressional district as a Democrat from 1997 to 2002.
![Photo of Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA32]](/static/legislator-photos/400371-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Sherman proposed $44 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $4 million to Los Angeles Unified School District for “Los Angeles Unified School District Field Improvements”
- $3.8 million to City of Los Angeles for “City of Los Angeles - Alabama Court Renovations”
- $3.6 million to Los Angeles City Council for “San Fernando Valley Traffic Safety Improvements”
View all requests and justifications on Sherman’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Sherman.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Sherman is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Sherman has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 22, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Brad Sherman sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- Capital Markets subcommittee Ranking Member
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Indo-Pacific, Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Sherman was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 4616 (117th): Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act of 2021
- H.R. 7440 (116th): Hong Kong Autonomy Act
- H.R. 7083 (116th): Hong Kong Autonomy Act
- H.R. 7000 (116th): Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act
- H.R. 4646 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7320 Reseda Boulevard in Reseda, California, as the “Coach John Wooden Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 5340 (107th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5805 White Oak Avenue in Encino, California, as the “Francis Dayle ‘Chick’ Hearn Post Office”.
- H.R. 1794 (105th): For the relief of Mai Hoa “Jasmine” Salehi.
Does 7 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Sherman sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (43%) International Affairs (39%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Sherman recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5512: Russia and Belarus Financial Sanctions Act of 2023
- H.R. 5351: Nationwide Right to Unionize Act
- H.R. 4206: Bank Safety Act of 2023
- H.R. 3992: Effective Bank Regulation Act
- H.R. 3266: Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act
- H.R. 1794: LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1379: Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1997 to Sep 2023, Sherman missed 199 of 17,076 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
