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
06/04/2009	H.R.2137	Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2009	06/04/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)
05/26/2009	H.R.1885	Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2009	05/26/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (All Actions)
03/18/2009	H.R.1429	Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009	03/18/2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
07/10/2008	H.R.3121	Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007	07/10/2008 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference. (All Actions)
07/09/2008	H.Res.1326	Calling on the President to respect and honor Iraq's sovereignty.	07/09/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions)
02/23/2009	H.R.1116	Honest FHA Originator Act of 2009	02/23/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
01/06/2009	H.R.37	Systematic Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Modification Act	01/06/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
12/10/2008	H.R.7326	Systematic Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Modification Act	12/10/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
10/03/2008	H.Con.Res.426	Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Minority AIDS Initiative.	10/03/2008 Message on Senate action sent to the House. (All Actions)
09/28/2008	H.R.7215	Human Costs in Iraq Act of 2008	09/28/2008 Referred to House Armed Services (All Actions)
09/28/2008	H.R.7214	Veterans Combat Stress Healthcare Improvement Act	09/28/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions)
09/28/2008	H.Res.1519	Honoring the important work of journalists covering the war in Iraq.	09/28/2008 Referred to House Armed Services (All Actions)
09/25/2008	H.R.1943	Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2007	09/25/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1085. (All Actions)
09/23/2008	H.Con.Res.424	Calling on the Attorney General to protect the right to vote of every person in the United States by promptly and thoroughly investigating complaints of violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.	09/23/2008 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
09/22/2008	H.R.6503	Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008	09/22/2008 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
08/01/2008	H.R.6796	Stop Very Unscrupulous Loan Transfers from Underprivileged countries to Rich, Exploitive Funds Act	08/01/2008 Referred to House Financial Services (All Actions)
07/21/2008	H.Res.1359	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day, and for other purposes.	07/21/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
05/15/2008	H.R.6062	Personal Lines of Insurance Fairness Act of 2008	05/15/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
05/12/2008	H.R.5818	Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008	05/12/2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions)
04/29/2008	H.Con.Res.338	Recognizing the Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke for her distinguished career in public service.	04/29/2008 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)

Total: 3446

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
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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