Gary Ackerman
Democrat
NY
Representative, 5th District
Last year in office: 2013
Gary Ackerman is a former Democratic U.S. Representative for New York's 5th Congressional District. Ackerman first took office in Congress in 1983 and left office in 2013.
Gary Ackerman: Voting Record & Political Positions
Gary Ackerman's Voting Record at a Glance
- Legislative effectiveness: sponsored 86 bills and sponsored or cosponsored 1808, 140 of which were enacted into law.
Top Issues Gary Ackerman Votes On
- Defense Spending
- Taxation
- Health Insurance
- Immigration
- Infrastructure
- Climate Change
How Gary Ackerman Voted on Recent Bills
- Nay on “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013” (2012-12-21) — Failed
- Yea on “"Fiscal cliff" bill” (2013-01-02) — Failed
- Yea on “Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act” (2012-09-19) — Passed
- Nay on “To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction.” (2012-09-19) — Passed
- Yea on “Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012” (2012-08-02) — Failed
- Nay on “To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies.” (2012-08-01) — Passed