Maxine Waters
| Maxine Waters | ||
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| U.S. House, California, District 43 | ||
| Incumbent | ||
| In office | ||
| 1991-Present | ||
| Term ends | ||
| January 3, 2015 | ||
| Years in position | 22 | |
| Party | Democratic | |
| Predecessor | Augustus Hawkins (D) | |
| Compensation | ||
| Base salary | $174,000/year | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| Last election | November 6, 2012 | |
| First elected | November 6, 1990 | |
| Next election | November 4, 2014 | |
| Campaign $ | $3,880,940 | |
| Term limits | N/A | |
| Prior offices | ||
| California State Assembly | ||
| 1977-1990 | ||
| Education | ||
| Bachelor's | California State University, Los Angeles, 1970 | |
| Personal | ||
| Birthday | August 15, 1938 | |
| Place of birth | Saint Louis, MO | |
| Net worth | $972,007 | |
| Religion | Christian | |
| Websites | ||
| Office website | ||
| Campaign website | ||
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Waters won re-election[1] in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 43rd District as a Democrat. She was displaced from her former district, the 35th by redistricting.[2]
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Waters is a "rank-and-file Democrat".[3]
Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Waters's academic, professional and political career:[4]
- 1970: Graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with B.A.
- 1972-1988: Delegate, Democratic National Conventions
- 1977-1991: California State Assembly
- 1991-Present: U.S Representative from California
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2013-2014
Walters serves on the following committees:[5]
- Financial Services Committee, Ranking Member
2011-2012
- Financial Services Committee
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Ranking Member
- Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Judiciary Committee
- Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
- Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet
Issues
House Judiciary Committee
Congresswoman Waters was first appointed to the House Judiciary Committee in 1997 and has served on the committee continuously to this date.[6]
Specific votes
Fiscal Cliff
Waters voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. She was one of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[7]
Elections
2012
Waters won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 43rd District as a Democrat.[1] She was displaced from her former district, the 35th by redistricting. She and Bob Flores (D) advanced past the June 5, 2012, blanket primary. They faced off in the general election on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
| U.S. House, California, District 43 General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Maxine Waters Incumbent |
71.2% | 143,123 | |
| Democratic | Bob Flores | 28.8% | 57,771 | |
| Total Votes | 200,894 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Full history
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Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Waters is available dating back to 2000. Based on available campaign finance records, Waters raised a total of $3,880,940 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 22, 2013.[21]
| Maxine Waters's Campaign Contribution History | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| 2012 | US House (California, District 43) |  |
$729,887 | |
| 2010 | US House (California, District 35) | |
$694,021 | |
| 2008 | US House (California, District 35) | |
$781,102 | |
| 2006 | US House (California, District 35) | |
$793,431 | |
| 2004 | US House (California, District 35) | |
$390,923 | |
| 2002 | US House (California, District 35) | |
$240,320 | |
| 2000 | US House (California, District 35) | |
$251,256 | |
| Grand Total Raised | $3,880,940 | |||
2012
Waters won re-election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Waters's campaign committee raised a total of $729,887 and spent $717,251.[22]
| U.S. House, California District 43, 2012 - Maxine Waters Campaign Contributions | |
|---|---|
| Total Raised | $729,887 |
| Total Spent | $717,251 |
| Total Raised by Election Runner-up | $4,204 |
| Total Spent by Election Runner-up | $3,220 |
| Top contributors to Maxine Waters's campaign committee | |
| Marvin Engineering | $15,000 |
| Comcast Corp | $12,500 |
| American Assn for Justice | $10,000 |
| Certus Bank | $10,000 |
| Credit Union National Assn | $10,000 |
| Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee | |
| Real Estate | $51,750 |
| TV/Movies/Music | $44,320 |
| Lobbyists | $34,074 |
| Securities & Investment | $28,250 |
| Public Sector Unions | $23,500 |
2010
Waters won re-election to the U.S. House in 2010. During that election cycle, Waters's campaign committee raised a total of $694,021 and spent $718,505.[23]
His top 5 contributors between 2009-2010 were:
| U.S. House, California District 35, 2010 - Maxine Waters Campaign Contributions | |
|---|---|
| Total Raised | $694,021 |
| Total Spent | $718,505 |
| Total Raised by General Election Opponent | $17,340 |
| Total Spent by General Election Opponent | $20,370 |
| Top contributors to Maxine Waters's campaign committee | |
| National Assn of Realtors | $11,000 |
| American Assn for Justice | $10,000 |
| American Federation of Teachers | $7,500 |
| National Assn of Letter Carriers | $7,000 |
| United Auto Workers | $5,500 |
| Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee | |
| Lawyers/Law Firms | $26,526 |
| Real Estate | $23,294 |
| Health Professionals | $21,100 |
| Industrial Unions | $20,500 |
| Public Sector Unions | $19,000 |
Ethics charges
In 2010, The Office of Congressional Ethics charged Waters with improper requests for a meeting with Treasury officials for OneUnited Bank. Waters' husband owns stock in the bank and served as a director until a few months before Waters requested those meetings. OneUnited got an infusion of TARP money, which prevented Waters' husband's approximately $200,000 in bank stock from becoming worthless.
On June 6, 2012, the House Ethics Committee announced they would go ahead with the investigation, which had been delayed due to charges by Waters that lawyers for the committee were biased and violated House rules. In July 2011, Billy Martin, a former Justice Department prosecutor, was brought in to act as outside counsel. His inquiry corroborated some of Waters' allegations, but concluded that a fair hearing was not denied.[24]
Daughter's fictitious business
Federal campaign records showed that Congresswoman Waters’ campaign committees paid more than $350,000 in management fees to an entity known as "Progressive Connections" since 2005. The campaign committees claimed to owe another $82,000 in management fees to Progressive Connections. Progressive Connections doesn’t aggressively advertise and records showed it to be the fictitious business name used by Maxine Waters’ daughter, Karen Waters.
Rep. Waters operated a slate mail business that benefits her daughter in each election cycle. Waters released a voter guide featuring her picture and a list of candidates she endorsed and ballot measures she supported. Candidates and ballot measure committees paid to be listed on the guide. Karen Waters ran the operation through a state committee called L.A. Vote until the 2004 election.[25]
Analysis
Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, Waters missed 1,115 of 14,452 roll call votes from January 1991 to March 2013. This amounts to 7.7%, which is worse than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[26]
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Waters paid her congressional staff a total of $964,115 in 2011. She ranked 56th on the list of the lowest paid Democratic Representative Staff Salaries and she ranked 221st overall of the lowest paid Representative Staff Salaries in 2011. Overall, California ranked 5th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[27]
Net worth
2011
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Waters's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$3,511,983 and $5,455,998. That averages to $972,007, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874. Her average net worth decreased by 4.05% from 2010.[28]
2010
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Waters' net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $-3,495,980 and $5,521,998. That averages to $1,013,009, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.[29]
National Journal vote ratings
- See also: National Journal vote ratings
2012
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Waters ranked 50th in the liberal rankings in 2012.[30]
2011
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Waters ranked 53rd in the liberal rankings.[31]
Political positions
Percentage voting with party
November 2011
The website Open Congress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. According to the website, Maxine Waters voted with the Democratic Party 90.3% of the time, which ranked 144 among the 192 House Democratic members in 2011.[32]
Personal
Waters and her husband, Sidney, have two children.
Recent news
This section displays the most recent stories in a Google news search for the term Maxine + Waters + California + House
- All stories may not be relevant to this page due to the nature of the search engine.
Maxine Waters News Feed
- The Mellowing of Maxine Waters - New York Times
- House targets SEC - The Spokesman Review
- Congress shouldn't let flood insurance sink residents: Editorial - NOLA.com
- Bill clears House for wider SEC economic analyses - York Daily Record
- Eric Holder Facing House Judiciary Committee Hearing - Huffington Post - Huffington Post
- Wendy Greuel Poised to be First Woman Mayor - Lasentinel
- Recognition for a reserved WWII vet - Los Angeles Times
- DOJ Tactics Against AP Raise Concerns For The New York Times - Huffington Post - Huffington Post
- Auto Insurer Trade Groups Applaud the Introduction of the "Parts Act" as a ... - The National Law Review
- Legislators vow to help parish fight huge insurance increases - St. Charles Herald Guide
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CNN "California Districts Race - 2012 Election Center"
- ↑ "Congressional candidates jockey in redistricting-spawned scramble", latimes.com, September 6, 2011
- ↑ Gov Track "Waters" Accessed May 23, 2012
- ↑ Biographical Director of the United States Congress "Maxine Waters," Accessed November 12, 2011
- ↑ CQ.com - Roll Call, "House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress," accessed January 18, 2013
- ↑ "Black Americans in Congress" Committee Assignments(See Judiciary)
- ↑ U.S. House "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.
- ↑ California Secretary of State, Official candidate list
- ↑ Unofficial election results
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1992"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990"
- ↑ Open Secrets "Career Fundraising for Maxine Waters," Accessed March 22, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets "Maxine Waters 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed February 20, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets "Maxine Waters 2010 Election Cycle," Accessed November 12, 2011
- ↑ New York Times, "Ethics Case Against Congresswoman to Resume," June 6, 2012
- ↑ "Waters’ ‘unseemly’ slatemail game," By Bradley Benbrook, CalWatchdog, August 26, 2010
- ↑ GovTrack, "Maxine Waters," Accessed April 2, 2013
- ↑ LegiStorm "Maxine Waters"
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Waters, (D-Cali), 2011"
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Waters, (D-Cali), 2010"
- ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 21, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," February 23, 2012
- ↑ Open Congress "Voting With Party"
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