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| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2012 | Senator | HI | Democrat |
| See All 10 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
- Senate Armed Services
- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Housing, Transportation and Community Development
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources
- National Parks
- Public Lands and Forests
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
- Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia
- State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration (Ad Hoc)
- Senate Indian Affairs
- Senate Veterans' Affairs
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
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S.3268 Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3268 ) |
Aye July 22, 2008 |
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H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 5501 As Amended ) |
Aye July 16, 2008 |
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S.2731 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 5077 ) |
Nay July 16, 2008 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
- Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Ben Nelson [D, NE]
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Daniel Akaka in the News
July 21, 2008 Filipinos changing isle politicsâ equation
In his 2006 re-election bid, US Sen. Daniel Akaka's first big rally in Honolulu was at Farrington High School in a heavily Filipino area. ...
July 21, 2008 Clearance reform gets a boost
... the roles and responsibilities of the agencies involved in both the suitability and security clearance processes,â said Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), ...
July 18, 2008 VA still resists voting drives in facilities
... Peake said in a July 15 letter to three Democratic senators, Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Dianne Feinstein of California and John Kerry of Massachusetts. ...
Daniel Akaka in the Blogs
July 24, 2008 Sony Hawaii, in Washington DC
Senator Daniel Akaka has the distinction of being the first US Senator of Hawaiian ancestry. He knew Akio Morita personally, and held us fascinated with his recollections of their numerous meetings. He chuckled as he remembered calling ...
Source: Sony Electronics Blog
July 23, 2008 Scan Results
On my Senate team, I have Daniel Akaka (Dem - Hawaii) because I love to say his last name; Herb Kohl (Dem -Wisc) because I know so many people who love to shop at Kohl's; and Joe Biden (Dem-Delaware) because I think he's losing his mind ...
Source: Lympho Bob
July 23, 2008 VAâs Voter Registration Ban Faces More Opposition
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) on July 15, Peake wrote in response to their request to lift the ban that "the agency is not in a position to examine the agenda, history, and motivations of every ...
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Featured Members of Congress
On May 14, 2008 Daniel Akaka was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Daniel Akaka (D-HI) is hoping to bring his bill to give tribal status to native Hawaiins, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, to a vote on the Senate floor before Memorial Day. The bill would provide a process for reorganizing the Native Hawaiian governing entity so that the United States, the state of Hawaii, and the Native Hawaiian governing entity can negotiate the transfer of lands and natural resources, and the role of governmental authority over any transfered lands.
Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: Alexander & Baldwin ($31,250)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $281,011 | 15.6 % |
| Labor | $278,275 | 15.5 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $265,125 | 14.7 % |
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $216,000 | 12.0 % |
| Other | $202,982 | 11.3 % |
| Misc Business | $156,853 | 8.7 % |
| Health | $100,300 | 5.6 % |
| Construction | $79,366 | 4.4 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $71,100 | 4.0 % |
| Transportation | $53,000 | 2.9 % |
| Defense | $37,100 | 2.1 % |
| Agribusiness | $29,040 | 1.6 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $28,300 | 1.6 % |
| Total: | $1,798,452 |
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