WATERS, MAXINE MS

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: 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%; Write a Review

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 Alzheimers 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 Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Support A progressive income tax is necessary in modern society. That is the right way to run our tax system.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Oppose We should restrict trade with any country which costs us jobs or which creates a trade deficit. And International trade just ships jobs overseas.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 336

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/05/2017	H.R.2351	Minority Diabetes Initiative Act	05/05/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
05/02/2017	H.R.2301	Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2017	05/02/2017 Referred to House Judiciary (All Actions)
05/02/2017	H.R.2300	Students Before Profits Act of 2017	05/02/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
04/26/2017	H.R.1882	Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017	04/26/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
04/25/2017	H.R.2145	No REX Act	04/25/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
04/06/2017	H.R.2076	Ending Homelessness Act of 2017	04/06/2017 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)
03/20/2017	H.R.1641	To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the responsibilities of Business Opportunity Specialists, and for other purposes.	03/20/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
01/31/2017	H.Con.Res.15	Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the outcome of the election.	01/31/2017 Referred to House Foreign Affairs (All Actions)
09/08/2016	H.R.5953	National Flood Insurance Program Debt Forgiveness Act of 2016	09/08/2016 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)
07/14/2016	H.Res.832	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day, and for other purposes.	07/14/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
07/07/2016	H.R.5651	LAX Community Safety Act of 2016	07/07/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (All Actions)
06/24/2016	H.Res.801	Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.	06/24/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
05/19/2016	H.R.5282	Comprehensive Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 2016	05/19/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
05/11/2016	H.R.5202	Preserving HUD's Multifamily Field Offices Act of 2016	05/11/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
04/27/2016	H.R.5085	Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2016	04/27/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.4888	Ending Homelessness Act of 2016	03/23/2016 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.4054	Ensuring Quality Education for Veterans Act	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
03/23/2016	H.R.3992	Students Before Profits Act of 2015	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
01/06/2016	H.R.4339	Improving Small Business Advocacy Act of 2016	01/06/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
12/15/2015	H.R.3091	Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2015	12/15/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)

Total: 3446

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
03/25/2010	H.R.4953	Mortgage Servicing Conflict Elimination Act of 2010
03/25/2010	H.Res.1224	Recognizing and honoring the important work that Colombia's Constitutional Court has done on behalf of Colombia's internally displaced persons, especially indigenous peoples, Afro-Colombians, and women.
03/24/2010	H.R.4933	Global Health Expansion, Access to Labor, Transparency, and Harmonization Act of 2010
03/22/2010	H.R.4812	Local Jobs for America Act
03/22/2010	H.Res.1152	Celebrating Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) on its 45th anniversary and recognizing the national service program's contribution to the fight against poverty.
03/22/2010	H.Res.1117	Commending and congratulating the California State University system on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
03/21/2010	H.Res.1174	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.	Passed	Yea
03/18/2010	H.R.4789	Public Option Act
03/16/2010	H.R.3335	Democracy Restoration Act of 2009
03/16/2010	H.Res.605	Recognizing the continued persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China on the 11th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party campaign to suppress the Falun Gong spiritual movement and calling for an immediate end to the campaign to persecute, intimidate, imprison, and torture Falun Gong practitioners.	Passed	Yea
03/16/2010	H.R.2377	To direct the Secretary of Education to establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.
03/10/2010	H.R.4808	Stem Cell Research Advancement Act of 2009
03/10/2010	H.Res.1160	Calling for the establishment of a Haiti Marshall Plan Committee to coordinate aid and development initiatives from multilateral development banks, international financial institutions, United States bilateral aid programs, and major international charities and nongovernmental organizations in response to the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, and encouraging them to work in a coordinated manner and to do even more to support Haiti as it recovers and rebuilds following the greatest natural disaster to hit this nation in over 200 years.
03/10/2010	H.Res.1144	Expressing condolences to the families of the victims of the February 27, 2010, earthquake in Chile, as well as solidarity with and support for the people of Chile as they plan for recovery and reconstruction.	Passed	Aye
03/09/2010	H.Res.1032	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should continue to assist the Government of Mexico in fighting the drug cartels and curbing violence against Mexican and United States citizens, both in the United States and abroad.
03/04/2010	H.R.4766	Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2010
03/04/2010	H.Res.362	Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program.	Passed	Yea
03/01/2010	H.R.4321	CIR ASAP Act of 2009
02/26/2010	H.R.4690	Livable Communities Act of 2010
02/25/2010	H.R.4694	Safe Affordable Small Dollar Loan Act of 2010

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