Maxine Waters
Details
- Party Affiliation
- Democratic
- In Office Since
- Jan 1, 1991
- Organization
- United States Federal Government
Federal Roster & Campaign Finance
- Bioguide ID
- W000187
- Chamber
- US House
- State
- CA
- District
- 43
- Total Receipts (2026)
- $863,683
- Total Disbursements
- $710,470
- Cash on Hand
- $269,669
- Debts Owed
- $211,525
- Coverage End Date
- Jun 30, 2026
Meetings
No relevant meetings found.
Election History
No election history found.
Recent Bills Sponsored
No bills sponsored by Maxine Waters are on file.
Recent Votes
| Bill | Chamber | Roll call | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratepayer Protection Act | house | — | Yea |
| Retire through Ownership Act | senate | — | Yea |
| Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. | house | — | Yea |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Nay |
| Stop Insider Trading Act | house | — | Yea |
Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held for these votes; see Bills for the fuller record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date no vote date is recorded in this dataset.
Biography
Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, includes much of southern Los Angeles, as well as portions of Gardena, Inglewood and Torrance. A member of the Democratic Party, Waters is in her 18th House term. She is the most senior of the 13 black women serving in Congress, and chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 1997 to 1999. She is the most senior member of the California congressional delegation. She chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2019 to 2023 and has been the ranking member since 2023. Before becoming a U.S. representative, Waters served seven terms in the California State Assembly, to which she was first elected in 1976. As an assemblywoman, she advocated divestment from South Africa's apartheid regime. In Congress, she was an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War and has sharply criticized Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, whom she has consistently denounced. Waters was included in Time magazine's list of "100 Most Influential People of 2018."
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