Rep. Gary Ackerman

Democrat  •  5th District, New York  •  14th Term  •  Sworn In 1983
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 98%
  • Abstains: 7%

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03/04/07
Terrorism Insurance Program To Get Hearing In NYC

Gary Ackerman, D-Queens, who will chair the hearing at City Hall. “Without terrorism insurance, banks will not lend money and developers will simply not be ...

Source: KDKA, PA
03/04/07
Terrorism insurance program to get hearing in NYC

Gary Ackerman, D-Queens, who will chair the hearing at City Hall. "Without terrorism insurance, banks will not lend money and developers will simply not be ...

Source: Newsday, NY
03/04/07
Terror Insurance Hearing Heads to NYC

Gary Ackerman, DN.Y., who will chair the hearing at City Hall. "Without terrorism insurance, banks will not lend money and developers will simply not be ...

Source: CBS News, NY
03/04/07
Extension eyed for terrorism insurance

Gary L. Ackerman, New York Democrat, who will preside over the hearing at City Hall. "Without terrorism insurance, banks will not lend money and developers ...

Source: Washington Times, DC
03/04/07
Terror Insurance Hearing Heads to NYC

Gary Ackerman, DN.Y., who will chair the hearing at City Hall. ``Without terrorism insurance, banks will not lend money and developers will simply not be ...

Source: Guardian Unlimited, UK
03/04/07
Terror insurance hearing heads to NYC

Gary Ackerman, DN.Y., who will chair the hearing at City Hall. 'Without terrorism insurance, banks will not lend money and developers will simply not be ...

Source: ABCmoney.co.uk, UK
03/02/07
Congress : Senators Clinton, Voinovich Demand Immediate Release of ...

A similar resolution, introduced by Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY), passed a key Committee in the House of Representatives in February, ...

Source: All American Patriots (press release), Sweden
03/02/07
Rep Rips FAA Over Trash Plan

Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside), who sent a letter to Gov. Eliot Spitzer asking him to intervene. Currently, the FAA has said it is reviewing the proposal as ...

Source: Western Queens Gazette
03/02/07
OU commends Senators Clinton and Voinovich, and Reps. Ackerman and ...

Gary Ackerman, Ileana Ros-Lehitenen and others. Additionally, the resolution condemns Hamas and Hezbollah for cross border attacks that led to the ...

Source: Jewish Action, NY
03/01/07
Lavender Wire

The US State Department is considering a suggestion from Congressman Gary Ackerman (Democrat-New York) to rehire some of the gay linguists discharged from ...

Source: Lavender Magazine, MN
03/01/07
Chamber Issues Complaint About Fire Department Valentine Rose Sale

Deputy Mayor Saporita gave an update on Congressman Gary Ackerman's grant regarding the road reconstruction. He said, "The village is in the process of ...

Source: New Hyde Park Illustrated News, NY
03/01/07
Military more afraid of gays than terrorists

Gary Ackerman, D-New York, criticized the policy Feb. 7, complaining about the Arabic and Farsi translators fired after it was discovered they were gay. ...

Source: Nicholls Worth (subscription), LA
02/28/07
UNITED NATIONS AND ON CAPITOL HILL

Gary Ackerman (NY), Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV), Rep. Eric Cantor (VA), Sen. Norm Coleman (MN), Rep. William Delahunt (MA), Rep. Keith Ellison (MN), Rep. ...

Source: jewishinstlouis.org, MO
02/28/07
Benn and Ronsner: What Else can be Asked of Bush?

Abu Mazen has "capitulated to the Hamas," asserted Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY), the chairman of the International Relations Subcommittee on the ...

Source: Palestine Chronicle, WA
02/28/07
Bill To Repeal Gay Military Ban Reintroduced In Congress

Gary Ackerman (D-NY) Rice said the state department does not have a ban on LGBT workers. When she complained the department was having difficulty finding ...

Source: 365Gay.com
02/28/07
Plead For Extension Of Healthcare Training Centers

... of which Crowley is a member, and Congressmembers Carolyn Maloney, Gary Ackerman, Anthony Weiner and Gregory Meeks, all Queens Democrats. ...

Source: Western Queens Gazette, NY
02/28/07
Neighborhoods News

A spokesperson for Congressmember Gary Ackerman said the Queens lawmaker begs to differ. Ackerman voiced his opposition to the project in a letter to FAA ...

Source: Western Queens Gazette, NY
02/26/07
Easy street: Most area legislators running unchallenged

Gary Jackson, whose district includes part of Oktibbeha County, has been in the Senate since 2004. Bryan, whose district includes a part of Monroe County, ...

Source: The Commercial Dispatch, MS
02/26/07
Congress Examines 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Gary Ackerman (D) New York: "For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists. If the terrorists ever got a ...

Source: abc7news.com, CA
02/26/07
Congress looks at overturning military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy

Gary Ackerman. "If the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad." ...

Source: ABC News
02/25/07
Congress Reexamining 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy

Gary Ackerman, DN.Y., at a House International Relations Committee hearing earlier this month. "If the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, ...

Source: ABC News
02/24/07
The Democrats' disdain for Palestine

Gary Ackerman, basically told me, if you want your issues raised, get somebody to stand for office, get the candidate 25 years of seniority and the ...

Source: Arab American News, MI
02/23/07
Dems complain about RJC at Rice briefing

Gary Ackerman (DN.Y.), Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), Steven Rothman (DN.J.), Sander Levin (D-Mich.), Howard Berman (D-Calif.), and Allyson Schwartz (D-Penn.). ...

Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY
02/23/07
She/He Said Feb 22

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), as quoted by Canadian Press, Feb. 8. "First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team. And second of all, if he was on my team, I would, ...

Source: pride source.com, MI
02/22/07
Old Europe and the Mullahs

Congressman Gary Ackerman now heads the Middle East Sub Committee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee while Ileana Ros-Lehtinen chairs the Middle East ...

Source: Antiwar.com, CA
02/22/07
Bill To Repeal 'DADT' To Be Introduced Next Week In Congress

Gary Ackerman (D-NY) Rice said the state department does not have a ban on LGBT workers. When she complained the department was having difficulty finding ...

Source: 365Gay.com
02/20/07
Dems' Disdain For Palestine

Gary Ackerman, "if you want your issues raised, get somebody to stand for office, get the candidate 25 years of seniority and the chairmanship of the ...

Source: TomPaine.com, DC
02/20/07
The Military's Moral Blinders: Criminals Preferred to Fill Ranks ...

Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) recently made a colorful comment to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the disturbing trend of discharging smart, ...

Source: Huffington Post, NY
02/20/07
US considered weapon to turn enemy gay

During a House hearing Gary Ackerman said:. "For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are (of) terrorists, but they’re very ...

Source: PinkNews.co.uk, UK
02/19/07
The Peace Process Industry

Gary Ackerman's first question to the witnesses a loaded panel of David Makovsky, Martin Indyk, and Daniel Pipes was whether Palestinians have legitimate ...

Source: CounterPunch, CA

Official website: http://www.house.gov/ackerman/
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2243 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2601
Fax: 202-225-1589

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