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Maxine Waters (born Maxine Moore Carr; August 15, 1938) is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 29th district, serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Maxine Waters on Tuesday sought dismissal of House Ethics Committee allegations that she tried to obtain a federal bailout for a bank where her husband is an investor. Her lawyer said misconduct and partisanship in the committee made a fair ethics proceeding impossible.Waters' attorney Stanley Brand cited internal documents showing a close relationship between two former committee lawyers in the case and Republican committee members. Waters, a California Democrat, is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee."Based on the facts of the case and the record of committee misconduct, the only remedy that vindicates the principals of the quasi-judicial functions of the committee is immediate dismissal with prejudice. No other remedy exists to cure this misconduct," Brand said.In a follow-up letter to the committee, Brand wrote, "This misconduct is of such a fundamentally improper level that it cannot be cured by reliance on any other device, including employme...Fox News has learned that Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and her Chief of Staff, grandson Mikael Moore, will address the House ethics probe tomorrow on Capitol Hill ....
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters Won't Be Campaigning for Joe LiebermanTuesday, July 11, 2006By Brit HumeE-Mail Print Share:Now some fresh pickings from the Political G...
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., helped steered millions of dollars in bailout funds to a bank on whose board her husband served, the New York Times reported Thursday.T...
Rep . Maxine Waters addresses ethics charges
House panel charges Rep . Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules
Rep. Maxine Waters , no stranger to controversy, is turning heads once again, this time for describing House Republican leaders as "demons."The California Democrat'...
Rep . Maxine Waters grills Obama aide about about the communities hit hardest by unemployment
It is the most powerful federal agency you've never heard of -- and lawmakers from both parties on Thursday vowed to keep abreast of its astonishing growth and rein ...
Transcript: Rep. Maxine Waters on 'FOX News Sunday'Sunday, March 11, 2007E-Mail Print Share:The following is a partial transcript of the March 11, 2007, edition of "...
Rep. Maxine Waters , D-Calif., called on President Obama on Friday to explain what happened when a provision was added to his economic stimulus bill last month that ...
WASHINGTON -- California Democrat Maxine Waters faces a House trial this fall on three charges of ethical wrongdoing, setting the stage for a second election-season ...
All-Star panel on what future holds for Rep . Maxine Waters
The House ethics trial of Rep. Maxine Waters was postponed Friday after investigators discovered an e-mail that could affect charges that she improperly tried to hel...
Rep. Maxine Waters , D-Calif., helped steered millions of dollars in bailout funds to a bank on whose board her husband served, the New York Times reported Thursday....
Congresswoman denies conflict of interest, vows to fight charges
'The Factor' analyzes what's really behind the congresswoman's comments
Rep. Maxine Waters Under Scrutiny for Bank TiesMonday, March 16, 2009 By Sean HannityPrintA quick trip around Hannity's America...Troubled WatersLeft-wing Democrat M...
A House investigative panel has charged California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules.Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services ...
Fox has obtained a printed copy of the opening remarks Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) will deliver this morning.Here are a few headlines of what Waters is expected to say...