Foreign Policy

Washington DC – Congressman Brad Sherman today released a statement on the death of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and plans to introduce legislation that would use Gaddafi’s frozen assets to pay for US military actions in Libya.

Washington D.C. - On October 12, 2011, Congressman Brad Sherman stood with labor in opposing three anti-worker trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea.

While most of Republican Party supported of all three bills, a small minority of Democrats joined with the GOP in supporting these bills. Of the 192 Democrats in the House, only 31 voted for the Colombia deal, 66 for Panama, and 59 for South Korea.

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Washington D.C. – Three Republican Senators, recently returned from Libya, have authored an editorial in the Wall Street Journal urging that we help the Libyan transitional government with the enormous task of rebuilding the country after 42 years of tyranny and seven months of war (The Promise of a Pro-American Libya).  In response Congressman Brad Sherman (D –CA), the to

Washington, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) wrote to Permanent Representatives from 81 countries to the United Nations to oppose a unilateral attempt by the Palestinians to declare statehood at the UN later this month. The 81 countries, from every corner of the world, are the likely "swing states" (out of 193 total UN member states) that are not firmly decided on the issue.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman is again introducing legislation to revoke Most Favored Nation (MFN) status for China and direct the President to negotiate a new trading relationship that is designed to eliminate the trade imbalance. Sherman first introduced the legislation in the previous session of Congress in 2010.

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WASHINGTON, DC – By a vote of 248 to 163, the House voted to pass the Sherman Amendment to the Military Construction–Veterans’ Affairs Appropriations bill. The amendment reads: “None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1541).”

Sherman’s statement in favor of his amendment follows:

Washington, DC – Congressman Brad Sherman offered an amendment to H.R. 2017, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act in the House. The amendment prohibits funds provided by the bill from being used to conduct military operations which violate the War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Act).