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Gary L. Ackerman

Headshot b. 1942-11-19 , Brooklyn, NY
represents NY-05
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: B.A., Queens College, 1965.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 0 (0.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $470,882 (#391)
Spent 102% (#64)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 64% (#118)
From PACs 30% (#391)

Earmarks

Requested 13 (#414)
Total cost $26,475,000 (#317)
Received 12 (#422)
Total cost $20,821,000 (#316)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,316 (#48)
Introduced 106 (#136)
Debated 5 (#307)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 767 words (#304)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 43% left-wing (#398)
Predictable 98% (#4)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400003 (GovTrack), N00001143 (OpenSecrets), A000022 (Congressional Bio), 15000 (ICPSR), 26970 (Vote Smart), H4NY07011 (FEC)