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July 21, 2008 US SEC short-selling curb seen likely extended
One lawmaker, Rep. Gary Ackerman, a Democrat from New York, has introduced legislation to reinstate the rule but there is little time left in the ...
July 21, 2008 Study finds significant front-running on insider sales
Meanwhile, Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-NY, has called for a return to tick-test restrictions on short sales. The study didn't delve into that issue, although its ...
July 20, 2008 No 'shore' winner as politicians debate off-shore drilling expansion
The off-shore issue divides Long Island's congressional delegation, but Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Queens) leaves no doubt about his opposition. ...
July 18, 2008 Freddie Eying Bigger Capital Raise (Update)
US Rep. Gary Ackerman (D., NY) also on Wednesday introduced legislation to reinstate the uptick rule, which required short-sale transactions to be made at a ...
July 18, 2008 Bob Barr endorses Accountability Now/Strange Bedfellows coalition
As the most recent, astonishing piece of evidence, look at House Resolution 362, a resolution sponsored by Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman which spouts every ...
July 18, 2008 A Heap of Hawaiian Luxury for Lawmakers and Their Wives
Jim Webb of Virginia, Rep. Gary Ackerman of New York, Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington, Rep. Michael Honda of California, Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, ...
July 18, 2008 Trade Groups Fight Uptick Rule Return
Following the Securities and Exchange Commission's move to limit short-selling in bank stocks, US representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY), senior member of the ...
July 18, 2008 Israel asks, 'Why Tuesday?'
Only a handful of folks â including Rep. Gary Ackerman (DN.Y.) and a street protester â gave the right answer. The custom stems from Americaâs agrarian ...
July 17, 2008 Bishop, McCarthy have more cash on hand than opponents
Rep. Gary Ackerman, who represents Queens and Nassau, has raised about $1.1 million, even though his GOP opponent Gonzalo Manalo Policarpio has not filed ...
July 16, 2008 Bill Aims to Rein In Raters
Gary Ackerman (DN.Y.) and Mike Castle (R-Del.), would give the Securities and Exchange Commission final say over determining which structured instruments ...
July 16, 2008 Hot Rhetoric, Mixed Signals On Iran
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), initially gathered more than 230 cosigners, but several backed away ...
July 16, 2008 Pressure rises to bring back uptick rule
Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-NY, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced legislation on Wednesday that would reinstate the so-called uptick ...
July 16, 2008 Obama Forces Back Challenges To Meeks In SE Queens Primary
The winner would have a hard task, facing incumbent Congressmember Gary Ackerman, a 20-year veteran in the House. The Berney- Pellicarpio winner will join ...
July 16, 2008 A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet
Almost at the same time that the physicians group's report was released, US Rep. Gary Ackerman, DN.Y., co-sponsored House Resolution 362, which calls for ...
July 15, 2008 Two Leading Jewish Dems Pull Support for House Iran Sanctions ...
... launched a symbolic blockade of the Washington houseboat of Rep. Gary Ackerman, a New York Democrat and one of the authors of the resolution. ...
July 15, 2008 Bush Administration Moves to Bail Our Mortgage Companies
Code Pink Blockades Rep. Ackermanâs House Boat Members of the peace group Code Pink took to the water last week to protest a House resolution that calls for ...
July 14, 2008 Oil and Gas Pipeline Watch
The Iran-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline poses no threat to the national interests of India, party leaders said. US Rep. Gary Ackerman, DN. ...
July 13, 2008 They're protesting what?
... the "armada" of protesters in canoes and rafts amassed at a Washington, DC, marina to protest at the house boat of Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman. ...
July 13, 2008 New Rules Loom For Bond-Rating Firms
Gary Ackerman (D., NY) and Mike Castle (R., Del.) would give the Securities and Exchange Commission authority to stop bond-rating firms from unilaterally ...
July 12, 2008 Bush urged to release oil from emergency reserves
Tim Bishop (D-Southampton), Gary Ackerman (D-Jamaica Estates) and Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) also support tapping the reserve, which holds more than 700 ...
July 12, 2008 India: IPI pipeline project not compromised
US Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman visited India last week, nudging leaders to finalize the stalled civilian nuclear deal soon or risk losing the opportunity. ...
July 11, 2008 Policy, not conquest
To make matters worse, a so-called âliberalâ congressman, Gary Ackerman (D-NY), has recently introduced Res. 362, calling for a blockade of Iran! ...
July 10, 2008 Peace activists blockade Ackerman's houseboat
BY JANIE LORBER | janie.lorber@newsday.com WASHINGTON - Rep. Gary Ackerman might be the only member of Congress who really knows what a naval blockade feels ...
July 10, 2008 Questions about the India-US nuclear deal
Calls to Rep. Gary Ackerman, Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India, raising concerns about this agreement, would help shed light on this ...
July 10, 2008 Thursday ... 7/10/2008 ... 9 am
â¢Fifteen Code Pink members in "three canoes and an inflatable raft" attempted a "blockade" outside Rep. Gary Ackerman's (D-NY) houseboat yesterday (Newsday) ...
July 10, 2008 US-India nuke pact in jeopardy
"There's not that many days left to do this, assuming they act yesterday," Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign ...
July 09, 2008 Odds And Ends
Peace protestors in canoes and rafts attempted to blockade Rep. Gary Ackerman's house boat in Washington. John Riley wonders why state GOP Chairman Joe ...
July 09, 2008 Burns: Iran only made modest progress
In light of that threat, HFAC Middle East subcommittee chairman Gary Ackerman (D-New York) and ranking member Mike Pence (R-Indiana) have sponsored a ...
July 09, 2008 HR 362 and the Alarming Escalation of Hostility Towards Iran
HR 362, sponsored by Rep. Gary Ackerman, a New York Democrat, calls for the president to enact more draconian economic sanctions against Iran. ...
July 09, 2008 Code Pink has a navy? Who knew?
WASHINGTON - A flotilla of peace protesters in canoes and rafts attempted to blockade the houseboat of Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Jamaica Estates) early ...
