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Daniel Akaka

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U.S. Senator

The Resume

    (September 11, 1924-April 6, 2018)
    Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
    Former high school teacher and principal
    US Representative (1977-90) and Senator (1990-2013) from Hawaii
    Democrat

Why he might be annoying:

    His last name sounds like caca.
    He votes in lockstep with the Democrats over 95% of the time.
    He was rated as a 'big spender' by the National Taxpayers Union.
    He was named one of the five worst Senators by 'Time' (2006), which called him 'a master of the minor resolution and the bill that dies in committee.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served with the Army Corps of Engineers in World War II.
    He has been married to Millie Chong for over 60 years.
    He was the first Native Hawaiian to serve in the US Senate. (Previous Senators from Hawaii had been ethnically either white or Asian.)
    He was named an honorary citizen of the Philippines for his role in securing benefits for Filipinos who served with the US armed forces during WWII.
    He claimed his low profile in the Senate is a result of modesty: 'I was taught not to be a show horse but a work horse.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 28 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 30 Votes: 23.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying