Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Gary L. Ackerman
Gary Ackerman was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1983, who voted with most Democrats on 95% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 8 bills that became law (100th–112th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 1987 Ponzi Scheme Investor Protection Act of 2011Mar 7, 2012 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 4080 To direct the Architect of the Capitol to acquire a statue of "The Unknown Slave" for permanent display in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center…Feb 17, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.R. 4038 American College Tuition Tax Relief Act of 2012Feb 15, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3704 Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection ActJan 17, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- H.R. 2728 Corporate Politics Transparency ActAug 22, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5923 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 29-50 Union Street in Flushing, New York, as the "Dr. Leonard Price Stavisky Post…Became law
- H.R. 3757 (100th) Federal Employees Leave Sharing Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 5102 (100th) Federal Employees Health Benefits Amendments Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1805 (101st) An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow Federal annuitants to make contributions for health benefits through direct payments rather than through…Became law
- H.R. 2514 (101st) Thrift Savings Plan Technical Amendments Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 1316 (102nd) Performance Management and Recognition System Amendments of 1991Became law
- H.R. 3282 (101st) Performance Management and Recognition System Reauthorization Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 3981 (100th) A bill to make section 7351 of title 5, United States Code, inapplicable to leave transfers under certain experimental programs covering Federal employees…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ackerman has won
Rep. Ackerman has won 14 U.S. House elections (1984–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.1 to 54.7 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has New York’s 5th district done while Rep. Ackerman served?
2005 to 2011 in NY-5: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 4.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 1.4 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New York’s 5th district during Ackerman’s time representing it (1993 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. NY-5 was redrawn in 2012, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1993 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 7 | See the 7 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.