• WATERS, MAXINE MS
Experience: House: District 43, 1991-Present
Home State: California
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $545,518Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Maxine Waters
    Gender: Female
    Family: Husband: Sidney; 2 Children: Edward, Karen
    Birth Date: 08/15/1938
    Birth Place: Saint Louis, MO
    Home City: Los Angeles, CA
    Religion: Christian

Education

    BA, California State University, Los Angeles, 1970

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 43, 1990-present
    Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives, 1990-present
    Member, Democratic National Committee
    Volunteer, Bill Clinton Presidential Campaign, 1992, 1996
    Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 1977-1990
    Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1972-1988
    Volunteer, Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign, 1984, 1988
    Volunteer, Edward Kennedy Presidential Campaign, 1980

Current Legislative Committees

    Financial Services, Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Member
    Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member
    Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Member
    Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present
    Co-Chair, Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease, present
    Member, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, present
    Former Member, Congressional Children's Working Group
    Co-Founder, Congressional Progressive Caucus
    Former Chair, Democratic Caucus, California State Assembly
    Former Co-Chair, Democratic Steering Committee
    Former Member, National Committee for Economic Conversion and Disarmament
    Founder, Out of Iraq Congressional Caucus
    Former Chair, Out of Iraq Congressional Caucus
    Former Chair, Special Committee on Election Reform, Democratic Caucus
    Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, 1997-1998

Professional Experience

    Former Teacher
    Co-Founder, Black Women's Forum
    Founder, Community Build
    Former Volunteer Coordinator, Head Start Program
    Founder, Project Build

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Los Angeles Women's Foundation, present
    Former Member, Bhopal Justice Campaign
    Former Member, California Peer Counseling Association
    Former Member, Center for the Study of Sport in Society
    Founder, Free South Africa Movement
    Founder, Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center
    Former Member, National Development and Voting Rights Institute
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Oppose
11. Support & expand free trade

Strongly Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Support
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Oppose
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 336
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
06/10/2010 H.R.5072 FHA Reform Act of 2010 06/10/2010 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
04/26/2010 H.R.4573 Haiti Debt Relief and Earthquake Recovery Act of 2010 04/26/2010 Became Public Law No: 111-158. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
04/14/2010 H.R.5020 To require the Federal Communications Commission to extend the time period for filing petitions to deny, oppositions, and comments in the proceeding relating to the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. 04/14/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.  (All Actions)
03/03/2010 H.R.4737 HUD Demonstration Improvement Act of 2010 03/03/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
12/19/2009 H.R.4404 Minority Diabetes Initiative Act 12/19/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
12/16/2009 H.R.4405 Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2009 12/16/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
12/08/2009 H.Res.844 Honoring Dr. Earnestine Thomas-Robertson for 31 years of service in Academia at Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC), in the Los Angeles Community College District, the largest community college district in the Nation. 12/08/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.  (All Actions)
12/01/2009 H.R.4123 Alzheimer's Treatment and Caregiver Support Act 12/01/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
11/18/2009 H.Res.910 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Memory Screening Day, including the development of a national health policy on dementia screening and care. 11/18/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
09/30/2009 H.R.3045 Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2009 09/30/2009 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 157.  (All Actions)
09/08/2009 H.R.3541 For the relief of Rafael Camacho, Rosa B. Camacho, and Rosa Camacho. 09/08/2009 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.  (All Actions)
07/23/2009 H.R.2932 Stop Very Unscrupulous Loan Transfers from Underprivileged countries to Rich, Exploitive Funds Act 07/23/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.  (All Actions)
07/14/2009 H.R.1466 Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2009 07/14/2009 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
07/31/2009 H.R.3451 Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act of 2009 07/31/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
07/30/2009 H.R.3139 National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2009 07/30/2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
07/23/2009 H.Res.566 Congratulating the 2008-2009 National Basketball Association Champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, on an outstanding and historic season. 07/23/2009 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
07/09/2009 H.R.3145 Credit Default Swap Prohibition Act of 2009 07/09/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
07/07/2009 H.Res.592 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day, and for other purposes. 07/07/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
06/25/2009 H.Res.582 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that children have a right to adequate housing. 06/25/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
06/17/2009 H.Res.553 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should protect and enhance consumer and business access to credit by utilizing the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and reserving access to liquidity programs for those financial institutions that have maintained or increased lending activities since the height of our economic crisis in October 2008. 06/17/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
Total: 3446
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/12/2017 H.Res.380 Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
05/18/2017 H.R.1677 Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
05/17/2017 H.R.356 Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/08/2017 H.R.2403 Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017
05/02/2017 H.R.2282 Equality Act
05/02/2017 H.Res.291 Promoting and supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair Housing Act and recognizing April 2017 as Fair Housing Month, which includes bringing attention to the discrimination faced by every-day Americans in the United States in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, and religion.
04/28/2017 H.R.2254 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello Post Office Building".
04/27/2017 H.R.1135 To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.
04/25/2017 H.R.1907 Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act of 2017
04/25/2017 H.R.1358 Scientific Integrity Act
04/14/2017 H.R.2096 Missing Children's Assistance Amendment Act of 2017
04/11/2017 H.R.1889 Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act
04/11/2017 H.R.1812 CLIMATE Act
04/07/2017 H.R.2059 BREATHE Act
04/07/2017 H.R.2012 Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2017
04/07/2017 H.R.2001 FRESHER Act of 2017
04/07/2017 H.R.2000 CLEANER Act of 2017
04/07/2017 H.R.1969 Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development Act of 2017
04/07/2017 H.R.1902 Social Security 2100 Act
04/07/2017 H.R.19 Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act
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