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-:''Jane Harman is also a pseudonym of the British author [[Terry Harknett]].''
-{{Infobox_Congressman
-| name =Jane Harman
-| image name = Harman_jane.jpg
-| date of birth= {{birth date and age|1945|6|28}}
-| place of birth= [[New York, New York]]
-| occupation=politician
-| alma_mater =[[Smith College]], [[Harvard Law School]]
-| state = [[California]]
-| district = [[California's 36th congressional district|36th]]
-| term_start = January 3, 2001
-| term_start2 = January 3, 1993
-| term_end2 = January 3, 1999
-| preceded= [[Steven T. Kuykendall|Steve Kuykendall]]
-| preceded2= [[George Brown, Jr.]]
-| succeeded2= [[Steven T. Kuykendall|Steve Kuykendall]]
-| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
-| religion = [[Jewish]]
-| spouse = [[Sidney Harman]]
-| residence = [[Los Angeles, California]]
-| portfolio = [[United States dollar|US$]]236 - 559 million (2007 Personal Financial Disclosure)<ref name=OS.org>{{cite web  | title = Jane Harman's Personal Finances  | publisher = opensecrets.org
-  | date = 2006  | url = http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00006750&year=2006 }}</ref>
-}}
-'''Jane Lakes Harman''' (born June 28 1945), is a seven-term [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing [[California's 36th congressional district]].  Harman is a conservative Democrat, being both a [[Blue Dog Democrat]] and a member of the [[New Democrat Coalition]]. It was reported in September 2008 that she is one of the five richest members of Congress. <ref>http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2008/09/26/5-richest-members-of-congress.html "Five Richest Members of Congress"</ref>
-==Early life==
-Born in Queens, New York, Harman attended [[Los Angeles]] public schools graduating from [[University High School (Los Angeles, California)|University High School]] in 1962.  She attended undergraduate at [[Smith College]], receiving a [[bachelor's degree]] from the school in 1966.  Harman continued her studies at [[Harvard Law School]], earning her law degree from the institution in 1969.<ref name="harman21">{{cite web |url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=h000213|title= HARMAN, Jane L. - Biographical Information|accessdate= 2008-08-31|year= 2007|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref>
-==Career==
-After graduation from law school, Jane Harman began her political career in [[Washington, D.C.]] by serving as chief counsel and staff director for the [[United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights|Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights]]. She served in that position until moving over to the Executive Branch of government serving as special counsel to the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], and as Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet, both positions in the Carter Administration.  She held a brief teaching position at UCLA, as Regent's Professor, during her brief absence from the House of Representatives.
-===US Representative, 1993 to 1999===
-Harman was first elected to [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] in 1992. From 1993 to 1999, Harman represented [[California's 36th congressional district|36th]], serving in the [[103rd United States Congress|103rd]], [[104th United States Congress|104th]], [[105th Congress]]es.
-===1998 California Gubernatorial Election===
-Harman did not run for the [[106th United States Congress]] in 1998, instead entering the [[California gubernatorial election, 1998|1998 California gubernatorial race]]. It was during that race that she called herself "the best Republican in the Democratic Party." <ref name="harman29">{{cite web |url= http://www.latimes.com|title=California and the West; In the Ring, With Contenders for Governor.|accessdate= 2008-09-31 |year= 1998 |date= March 23, 1998 |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |publisher= LATimes.com |pages= p.3 |last= Skelton |first= George |author=George Skelton}}</ref>
-After losing the Democratic nomination to [[Gray Davis]], she briefly taught [[public policy]] and [[international relations]] at UCLA before running for and winning her old congressional seat in the 2000 election.
-===US Representative, 2000 to present===
-Harman won her old seat in 2000, and was easily re-elected in 2002 and 2004.
-In the June 2006 Democratic primary, [[Progressive Democrats of America]] candidate [[Marcy Winograd]] challenged Harman.<ref>[http://www.laweekly.com/content/printVersion/45342 "The Abolitionist and the Whig," ''LA Weekly,'' May 18, 2006].</ref> After watching Harman defend the recently-revealed Bush program of [[warrantless wiretapping]] on [[Meet the Press]],<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11272634/print/1/displaymode/1098/ "Transcript for February 12: Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Pat Roberts & Tom Daschle." ''Meet the Press.'' February 12, 2006].</ref> Winograd moved into the congressional district and filed for Harman’s seat. Winograd criticized Harman's role as minority leader on the House Intelligence Committee in failing to protest when briefed on the [[Bush administration]]'s [[warrantless wiretap]] program and voting for the Iraq war authorization<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2006/may/24/local/me-harman24 "Democrats Battle Over Safe Seat in Congress," ''Los Angeles Times'', May 24, 2006].</ref> Then-Vice-President [[Dick Cheney]] later confirmed that Harman knew about and approved of the program.<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/12/22-1 Salon: Cheney says Top Congressional Democrats Complicit in Spying]</ref>
-Harman won the primary, 62.5% to 37.5%.<ref>[http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_primary/p29summpages.pdf "Statement of Vote, Summary Pages." California Elections and Voter Information. California Secretary of State. 2006.]</ref>
-On November 7, 2006, Harman was reelected in the [[United States general elections, 2006|2006 general election]] to the [[110th United States Congress]], defeating [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] challenger Brian Gibson.
-====AIPAC Controversy====
-In October 2006, [[Time (magazine)|Time]] magazine, quoting anonymous sources, asserted that an FBI and  [[US Department of Justice]] investigation of Harman was underway. The magazine alleged that Harman had agreed to lobby the Department of Justice to reduce espionage charges against [[Steve J. Rosen]] and [[Keith Weissman]], two officials at the [[American Israeli Public Affairs Committee]]. In exchange, Time said there was a [[quid pro quo]] in which AIPAC would lobby then-House Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] to appoint Harman as chair of the [[House Intelligence Committee]] if the Democrats captured the House after the 2006 elections. Harman, the FBI, the Justice Department and Pelosi's office have all denied knowledge of or involvement with any investigation.<ref name="harman-time">{{cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1549069,00.html|title=Exclusive: Feds Probe a Top Democrat's Relationship with AIPAC|accessdate= 2009-04-20 |year= 2006 |date= 10 October 2006 |newspaper= Time magazine |publisher= Time magazine |last= Burger |first= Timothy |author=Timothy J. Burger}}</ref> AIPAC denied it had engaged in a quid pro quo with Harman. "AIPAC would never engage in a quid pro quo in relation to a federal investigation or any federal matter and the notion that it would do so is preposterous," a spokesperson said at the time.<ref name="harman-time"></ref>
-In April 2009, [[CQ Politics]], also quoting anonymous sources, said Harman had been captured on a [[National Security Agency]] [[wiretap]] prior to the 2006 elections, telling an "Israeli agent" that she would "waddle into" lobbying the Department of Justice on the AIPAC case. Harman ended the phone call, according to CQ, by saying, "This conversation doesn’t exist."<ref name="harman-cq">{{cite web |url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=hsnews-000003098436&cpage=1|title=Sources: Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC|accessdate= 2009-04-20 |year= 2009 |date= 19 April 2009 |newspaper= CQ Politics |publisher= Congressional Quarterly |last= Stein |first= Jeff |author=Jeff Stein}}</ref> Harman denied the allegations, saying "These claims are an outrageous and recycled canard, and have no basis in fact. I never engaged in any such activity. Those who are peddling these false accusations should be ashamed of themselves."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/04/jane-harman-denies-cq-report-she-was-caught-on-nsa-wiretap-lobbying-for-aipac-officials.html|title=Jane Harman denies CQ report she was heard on NSA wiretap lobbying for AIPAC officials|accessdate= 2009-04-20 |year= 2009 |date= 20 April 2009 |newspaper= LATimes.com |publisher=Los Angeles Times |last= Neuman |first= Johanna |author=Johanna Neuman}}</ref>
-According to CQ, then-Attorney General [[Alberto Gonzales]] pressed [[CIA]] Director [[Porter Goss]] to drop the agency's investigation of Harman, because the [[Bush administration]] wanted Harman to support them during the [[NSA warrantless surveillance controversy]], about to break in [[The New York Times]].<ref name="harman-time"></ref> Gonzales and Goss declined to comment.<ref name="harman-cq"></ref>
-===Voting Record===
-As a member of the [[Democratic Leadership Council]], Harman has combined a more conservative stance on economic issues with a more liberal stance on some social issues. For instance, while voting with Republicans to restrict rules on personal bankruptcy, for lawsuit reform, and to abolish the estate tax, as well as on protecting those defense contractors with business interests in her congressional district, Harman has a liberal voting records on some social issues.  She has voted against the ban on partial-birth abortions, lawsuits against gun manufacturers, the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], and banning indecent broadcasting.  She supports federal funding of contraception, primary grade sex education programs, the Freedom of Choice legislation, and is now opposed to any harsh techniques for interrogating terrorist prisoners of war.
-====US House Resolution 1955====
-Jane Harman was criticized by the [[ACLU]] for submitting [[US House Resolution 1955]], the [[Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007]], which passed in the House 404-6. The ACLU claims the bill includes unconstitutional limitations on free speech and beliefs. A related piece of legislation in the [[US Senate]], {{USBill|110|S.|1959}}, has been submitted by Maine Republican Senator [[Susan Collins]].
-===Committee assignments===
-*'''[[United States House Committee on Homeland Security|Committee on Homeland Security]]'''
-**[[United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism|Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism]]
-**[[United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment|Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment]] (Chairwoman)
-*'''[[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Committee on Energy and Commerce]]'''
-**[[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy and Environment|Subcommittee on Energy and Environment]]
-**[[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Health|Subcommittee on Health]]
-== Personal life ==
-Harman is currently married to [[Sidney Harman]], founder and Executive Chairman of [[Harman International Industries]].  This is the second marriage for both Sidney and Jane Harman.
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
-== External links ==
-{{commonscat}}
-* [http://www.house.gov/harman/ U.S. Congresswoman Jane Harman] - U.S. House of Representatives Website
-* [http://www.janeharmancongress.com/ Jane Harman for U.S. Congress] - Campaign Website
-* [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1549069,00.html Exclusive: Feds Probe a Top Democrat's Relationship with AIPAC]
-* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102401446.html Probe of Harman's AIPAC Ties Confirmed]
-* [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-harman12oct12,0,3479203.story?coll=la-opinion-center The genocide vote: Now is not the time] - Harman [[Op-ed]] in the [[Los Angeles Times]]
-* [http://www.laweekly.com/2006-05-25/news/harman-s-two-front-war/ Harman's Two-Front War] - L.A. Weekly, by
-Harold Meyerson
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