Elected 1982 Born: Apr. 15, 1941, Los Angeles Home: N. Hollywood Education: U.C.L.A., B.A. 1962, LL.B. 1965 Religion: Jewish Marital Status: married (Janis)

Career:

• Elected Office: CA Assembly, 1973-82, Majority Ldr., 1974-79.
• Professional: Practicing atty., 1967-72.

DC Office: 2330 RHOB 20515, 202-225-4695; Fax: 202-225-3196; Web site: www.house.gov/berman

State Offices: Mission Hills, 818-891-0543.

Committees:

• International Relations (2d of 23 D): Middle East & South Asia.
• Judiciary (3d of 17 D): Courts, the Internet & Intellectual Property (RMM); Immigration & Claims.
• Standards of Official Conduct (RMM of 5 D).

Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	100	85	100	86	64	68	22	50	4	12	7
1999	95	--	100	94	51	--	15	26	0	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	88%	--	12%		92%	--	8%
Social	87%	--	0%		83%	--	17%
Foreign	84%	--	15%		94%	--	5%

Key Votes of the 106th Congress
1. Patient Bill of Rights Y 2. Accelerate Min. Wage Y 3. Strike Ban on Ergo. Stnd. Y 4. Ovrd. Estate Tax Veto N 5. Bar RU-486 $ for FDA N 6. Display 10 Commandments N		7. Gun Show Bkgrnd. Checks Y  8. Ban Part.-Birth Abortion N  9. NATO War in Serbia Y 10. Perm. Trade with China N 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World Y 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo *

Election Results
2000 general	Howard L. Berman (D)	96,500	(84%)
	Bill Farley (LIB)	13,052	(11%)
	David L. Cossak (NL)	5,229	(5%)
2000 primary	Howard L. Berman (D)	60,896	(85%)
	Bill Farley (LIB)	8,190	(11%)
	David L. Cossak (NL)	2,887	(4%)
1998 general	Howard L. Berman (D)	69,000	(82%)
	Juan Carlos Ros (Lib)	6,556	(8%)
	Maria Armoudian	4,858	(6%)
	Other	3,248	(4%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Howard L. Berman (D)	$887,309	$293,694	$521,478
Bill Farley (LIB)			$38