Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]

US lawmaker accuses Bush of secrecy over Iraq deal

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...to the Iraqi people and we are being told we cannot distribute the English-language version of the agreement," said Rep. Howard Berman, a California Democrat who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee. JOINT MILITARY CENTER According to the unoffi

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U.S. lawmaker accuses Bush of secrecy over Iraq deal

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...to the Iraqi people and we are being told we cannot distribute the English-language version of the agreement," said Rep. Howard Berman, a California Democrat who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee. According to the unofficial version, the United

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None of $400 million drug-war aid has reached Mexico yet

2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

...money June 19," said Green. "It would seem like they could have moved a little quicker." Green said he was writing Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to ask the panel to convene an oversight hearing with State

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None of $400 million handed to Mexico yet

2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

Green said he was writing Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to ask the panel to convene an oversight hearing ...

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SPOTLIGHT ON RAHM EMANUEL

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

The letter was co-sponsored by Lois Capps (D-CA), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), and Howard Berman (D-CA), and strongly supported by APN and other pro-peace groups. ...

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Doll New Deputy At USPTO; More Changes On The Way

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

... director for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Internet, and Intellectual Property, which Rep. Howard Berman, a California Democrat, chairs. ...

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Leahy Will Float Names For IP Czar

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Jayme Roth, a staffer who handles those issues for Bayh; and Shanna Winters, chief counsel to Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., ...

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House Judiciary Chair wrests control of IP, DRM issues from ...

2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

Boucher was next in line to chair the Subcommittee, since its chairman in the 110th Congress, Rep. Howard Berman (D - Calif.), will be ascending to the ...

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paidContent.org - House Judiciary Chair Conyers Takes Control Of ...

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

An unidentified committee aide explained to Multichannel's Ted Hearn that with US Rep. Howard Berman (D-Ca) leaving the subcommittee, "the opportunity ...

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US Sen. Grassley: Grassley-authored legislation helps Justice ...

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

The amendments Grassley championed along with Rep. Howard Berman of California strengthened the Civil War-era False Claims Act which was originally signed ...

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The 2008 Forward 50 Picks "Rahmbo," Obama's New Chief, Edgy ...

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

When Representative Howard Berman, a fellow California Democrat, took over as chair this year after Lantos' passing, he changed the style and tone ...

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A new Congress, a new approach to technology?

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

Subcommittee Chair Howard Berman (D-Calif.) announced earlier this year he would give up his position to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee instead, ...

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The New Congress And Technology

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

...will now be under the jurisdiction of the full committee; antitrust topics get their own subcommittee. Subcommittee Chair Howard Berman (D-Calif.) announced earlier this year he would give up his position to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee ins

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World leaders at nation's doorstep, but next president isn't taking meetings

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

...less take ownership for the problems and decisions of Bush. "I sort of understand why he can't go to that meeting," said Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "What if the administration makes a suggestion that

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Conyers Shakes Up Judiciary Committee

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

...control of the IP agenda at a time of uncertainty about the subcommittee's future leadership. Current subcommittee chairman Howard Berman (D-Ca.) can't stay in that position after December under House Democratic Party rules because he will also be chair

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Berman out, though industry still has ally

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

...it might have been headed by someone hostile to Hollywood. The Internet and Intellectual Property subcommittee is run by Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., though he must give up the job to focus on chairing the Foreign Affairs committee next year. Berman ha

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Obama makes foreign leaders wait

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

"I sort of understand why he can't go to that meeting," said Representative Howard Berman, a Democrat from California and chairman of the House Foreign ...

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Conyers Shakes Up Judiciary Committee

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

Current subcommittee chairman Howard Berman (D-Ca.) can't stay in that position after December under House Democratic Party rules because he will also be ...

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IP issues elevated to Judiciary

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

Rep. John Conyers Jr., who chairs the Judiciary Committee, decided to bring IP issues up to the committee level because the Judiciary subcommittee that has ...

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World leaders at nation's doorstep, but next president isn't ...

2008-11-11T00:00:00Z

"I sort of understand why he can't go to that meeting," said Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. ...

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