Courting Asian Voters
The number of Asians in the country is on the rise. Will this group of voters be courted by candidates to the same extent as other constituencies?
The number of Asians in the country is on the rise. Will this group of voters be courted by candidates to the same extent as other constituencies?
AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 03.16.2012
NEW YORK -- Longtime U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, a feisty Democrat known as much for scolding bankers and regulators as he was for his personal quirks li...
Posted 05.15.2012
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) announced on Thursday that he will not run for reelection. The New York Democrat, who has served in the House since 1983, ...
Clarence Lusane | Posted 04.24.2012
While there are hundreds of memorials, plaques, and other means that present a false narrative of American history, there are too few that genuinely tell the more complicated and often harsh reality that many faced as U.S. democracy unfolded.
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.09.2012
WASHINGTON -- Congress two years ago acknowledged the work of slaves in building the United States Capitol, and a lawmaker Thursday argued that it is ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.23.2011
WASHINGTON -- Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee left for their weekend recess Friday still fuming over a two-day mark-up session that s...
AP | By ARON HELLER | Posted 08.23.2011
JERUSALEM -- U.S. Congressman Gary Ackerman called on Egyptian authorities Wednesday to release a constituent and former intern whom Egypt accuses of ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.24.2011
WASHINGTON -- The House GOP's plan to hold a vote on a clean extension of the debt ceiling -- which is expected to fail without Republican support -- ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.13.2011
WASHINGTON -- East Coast Democrats aren't the only ones annoyed by Arizona's official Tea Party license plates -- the Arizona Tea Party is too. In ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.20.2011
A new Arizona license plate would say "Don't Tread on Me," but that's exactly what New York Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman wants the federal government...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.12.2011
WASHINGTON -- Are Republicans following a “Blazing Saddles” strategy in the looming standoff over the nation’s debt limit? Imagine the scene ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- In a hearing marked by openly hostile questioning from House Republicans, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren made her highly anticipated...
Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011
Congress has correctly condemned violence by extremist Palestinian groups like Hamas, yet when the PA tries to advance their freedom through nonviolent means, the Democrats are just as quick to condemn them as well.
The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) used a crude play on words Wednesday, when he described what he saw as Obama's gift to the GOP in the recent tax cut deal ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) is calling the Republicans' bluff on health care: Stand up and repeal the most popular provisions of the ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011
America has no vision for the Middle East. Until a policy on Syria is drafted, Washington will be improvising on how to deal with Damascus.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
The New York House Democratic uprising on behalf of Wall Street is fizzling. The effort began last week, when Rep. Gary Ackerman of Queens warned his ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
House Democrats representing New York are making a last-minute push to defend the interests of the state's most profitable industry. On Monday night...
Karin Tanabe | Posted 05.25.2011
Michelle Obama and her well-dressed entourage came to town and Washingtonians aren't likened to burlap-clad trolls anymore.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011
While President Obama understands the importance of taking a tougher stance on Israel to fit the new circumstances, some Democrats in Congress do not.
Steve Ralls | Posted 05.25.2011
Retaining good straight troops to the tune of $150,000 with Arabic skills may be an investment worth making, but in the long run, that platoon of lesbians might just turn out to be priceless, too.
Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011
With a history like this, Congress should think twice before going on record in support of specific factions in Lebanon's confusing and violent political environment. But over 95% of House members disagree.
Heath Brown | Posted 05.21.2012