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Gary L. Ackerman

Full Name: Gary L. Ackerman
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Rita; 3 Children: Lauren, Corey, Ari
Birth Date: 11/19/1942
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
Home City: Queens, NY
Religion: Jewish

Recent Key Votes

HR 6365 - National Security and Job Protection Act
Legislation (Nay)

Sept. 13, 2012 - Repeals required reductions to defense spending for fiscal year 2013-2014 if a bill is passed that replaces reductions in defense spending required by the ...

HR 5856 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013
Legislation (Yea)

July 19, 2012 - Reduces appropriations for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by $175 million to $375 million for fiscal year 2013-2014 (Title IX). Appropriates $1.1 billion ...

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Recent Public Statements

Ackerman Issues Statement Supporting Israeli Military Operation in Gaza

Nov. 15, 2012 - Yet again, the Hamas terrorist regime in Gaza, along with allied radical Islamist militants have deliberately provoked a wholly legitimate and fully justified Israel military ...

Letter to Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi

Oct. 30, 2012 - This bipartisan Long Island Congressional Delegation sent a letter today to the Republican and Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives urging that a supplemental ...

Hearing of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - "Safeguarding Israel's Security in a Volatile Region"

Sept. 20, 2012 - U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, this afternoon delivered the following opening statement ...

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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $413,789.72
Total Spent $415,917.70
Cash On Hand $499,906.04
Debt $0.00
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2011
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Gary Ackerman refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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View Gary L. Ackerman's Congressional Election 2004 National Political Awareness Test
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