Representative Gary Ackerman (D)

Current Office: Representative
District: NY-5
First Elected: 03/01/1983
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Rita; 3 Children: Lauren, Corey, Ari
Birth date: 11/19/1942
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Home City: Queens NY
Religion: Jewish

Profession

Newspaper Publisher, The Queens Tribune, 1970-1983 Teacher, New York City School System, 1965-1970

Education

BA, Queens College, 1965

Committees

Financial Services
Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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