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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/atom_news/400422_maxine_waters" rel="self"/>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/news/400422_maxine_waters" rel="alternate"/>
  <updated>2008-07-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>opencongress.org</name>
  </author>
  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/400422</id>
  <entry>
    <title>From the Wire</title>
    <link href="http://www.alternet.org/wire/?ses=864b43ea1a2b16537636f89c023baa7f" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-21:/commentary/2530475</id>
    <updated>2008-07-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AlterNet,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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Rep. Maxine Waters,  taking her cue from Maliki&amp;#39;s remarks  late last week (when he said he supported a timetable for withdrawal before &amp;quot;clarifying&amp;quot; his ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alternet.org/wire/?ses=864b43ea1a2b16537636f89c023baa7f"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Socialism is still a dirty word</title>
    <link href="http://newsbyus.com/index.php/article/1100" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-20:/commentary/2530474</id>
    <updated>2008-07-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>NewsByUs,&amp;nbsp;ID</name>
    </author>
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When Representative Maxine Waters blurted out in a congressional hearing that she was ready to &#226;&#8364;&#339;socialize&#226;&#8364;&#157; the oil industry, it caused only a minor ripple ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://newsbyus.com/index.php/article/1100"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Saving the South Central Farm: Listening to the Land</title>
    <link href="http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/07/saving-the-south-central-farm-listening-to-the-land/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-19:/commentary/2530482</id>
    <updated>2008-07-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Dissident Voice,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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... of the Ninth District&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s councilmember, Jan Perry, who iconic US representative Maxine Waters would soon characterize as Horowitz&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s business &#226;&#8364;&#339;partner. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/07/saving-the-south-central-farm-listening-to-the-land/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Waterboarding legal, Ashcroft says</title>
    <link href="http://www.missourinet.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=36E41E78-F1FB-08C0-BAFB33DFC779056A" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-18:/commentary/2530478</id>
    <updated>2008-07-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Missourinet.com,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
(attached with this story is an excerpt of Ashcroft&amp;#39;s testimony with answers to questions from Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California) and Representative Steve ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.missourinet.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=36E41E78-F1FB-08C0-BAFB33DFC779056A"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ashcroft stands by conclusions of torture memos</title>
    <link href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ashcroft-stands-by-conclusions-of-torture-memos-2008-07-17.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/commentary/2537119</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Hill,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Several Democrats, including Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY), Maxine Waters (Calif.) and Robert Wexler (Fla.), asked Ashcroft about the practice of waterboarding ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ashcroft-stands-by-conclusions-of-torture-memos-2008-07-17.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>&#226;&#8364;&#162; Locals consider premiums unfair</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/07/17/publicsafety/dpt-floodinsurance07182008.txt" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/commentary/2530483</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily Pilot,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Rep. Maxine Waters of Los Angeles sponsored the legislation. Efforts to reach her or her representatives for comment were unsuccessful. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/07/17/publicsafety/dpt-floodinsurance07182008.txt"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ashcroft defends waterboarding before House panel</title>
    <link href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/17/ashcroft.waterboarding/?iref=hpmostpop" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/commentary/2530479</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CNN International</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... waterboarding would be serious, but I do not believe it would define torture,&amp;quot; Ashcroft said, responding to questions from Rep. Maxine Waters,  D-California.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/17/ashcroft.waterboarding/?iref=hpmostpop"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Showdown looms over housing bill</title>
    <link href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/showdown-looms-over-housing-bill-2008-07-16.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-16:/commentary/2530480</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Hill,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), one of the most outspoken supporters of the foreclosure purchase  program, said pulling the measure could cost the support of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/showdown-looms-over-housing-bill-2008-07-16.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Black Report</title>
    <link href="http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i38157" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-13:/commentary/2530485</id>
    <updated>2008-07-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Spoof (satire),&amp;nbsp;UK</name>
    </author>
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Maxine Waters (D) Rep. CA fainted. Reducing black (oops!) on black (oops!) crime, increasing jobs and black (oops!) income, reducing inner city poverty, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i38157"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Fed poised to curb shady home-lending practices</title>
    <link href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5GlVj6V7mkcWMbhoHI5hRvksUfgD91T63G80" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-13:/commentary/2530476</id>
    <updated>2008-07-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Associated Press</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
&amp;quot;How disappointed I am with all of us,&amp;quot;  Rep. Maxine Waters told Bernanke during a recent House hearing. &amp;quot;Members of Congress, for what appears to have been ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5GlVj6V7mkcWMbhoHI5hRvksUfgD91T63G80"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Holding Liberals Accountable For Energy  Woes</title>
    <link href="http://www.webcommentary.com/asp/ShowArticle.asp?id=adamoc&amp;amp;date=080709" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-09:/commentary/2530486</id>
    <updated>2008-07-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WEBCommentary</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In response, Representative Maxine Waters (D.-CA) expresses her desire for the government to nationalize the oil industry, and Democrat presidential hopeful ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webcommentary.com/asp/ShowArticle.asp?id=adamoc&amp;date=080709"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Federal housing rescue faces new delay in Congress</title>
    <link href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j5mlxGEjEsKSYimbvNffCfdm_GoQD91QJ6KG0" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-09:/commentary/2530481</id>
    <updated>2008-07-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Associated Press</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
&amp;quot;We&amp;#39;re going to fight on this,&amp;quot; said Rep. Maxine Waters,  D-Calif., who made an impassioned plea for the funds in a closed-door meeting of House Democrats ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j5mlxGEjEsKSYimbvNffCfdm_GoQD91QJ6KG0"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Beware! They&amp;#39;ll Do It</title>
    <link href="http://www.jewishpress.com/displaycontent_new.cfm?contentid=33777&amp;amp;contentname=Beware!%20They'll%20Do%20It&amp;amp;sectionid=14&amp;amp;mode=a&amp;amp;recnum=0" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-09:/commentary/2530477</id>
    <updated>2008-07-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jewish Press,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
You shouldn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t be because Rep. Maxine Waters is a liberal. The following is but a glimpse of what occurred in late May when a Democrat-led Congress summoned ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/displaycontent_new.cfm?contentid=33777&amp;contentname=Beware!%20They'll%20Do%20It&amp;sectionid=14&amp;mode=a&amp;recnum=0"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Diuguid&amp;#39;s column: Lessons learned from AIDS patients</title>
    <link href="http://voices.kansascity.com/node/1600" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-08:/commentary/2537120</id>
    <updated>2008-07-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Kansas City Star,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Deya Smith, an actress and an AIDS activist, wrote that Rep. Maxine Waters had the right idea in 1998, asking then-President Bill Clinton to declare an AIDS ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://voices.kansascity.com/node/1600"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Oil Digs Hole To China</title>
    <link href="http://www.minyanville.com/articles/CVX-xom-COP-SUN-HES-oil/index/a/17893" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-07:/commentary/2451357</id>
    <updated>2008-07-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Minyanville.com,&amp;nbsp;New York</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
At a recent Congressional hearing on high prices at the pump, Democratic Representative Maxine Waters of California said, &#226;&#8364;&#339;And guess what this liberal would ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minyanville.com/articles/CVX-xom-COP-SUN-HES-oil/index/a/17893"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Border watch groups celebrate the Fourth</title>
    <link href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/border-holder-groups-2085585-minutemen-minuteman" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-05:/commentary/2446349</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OCRegister,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Hayes is campaigning to unseat Rep. Maxine Waters in the 35th Congressional District. &amp;quot;He didn&amp;#39;t do it so a lot of other people could walk to this country ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/border-holder-groups-2085585-minutemen-minuteman"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Volunteers sow seeds of hope in 9th Ward</title>
    <link href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/volunteers_sow_seeds_of_hope_i.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-04:/commentary/2446352</id>
    <updated>2008-07-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com,&amp;nbsp;LA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In addressing the crowd, clad in a sea of blue and red volunteer T-shirts, US Rep. Maxine Waters,  D-Calif., noted the unique mix of people devoted to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/volunteers_sow_seeds_of_hope_i.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Essence forums aim to empower, feature star-studded lineups</title>
    <link href="http://www.nola.com/essencefest/index.ssf/2008/07/essence_forums_aim_to_empower.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-03:/commentary/2446354</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com,&amp;nbsp;LA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Along with US Rep. Maxine Waters,  D-Calif., and Morehouse College President Robert M. Franklin, Sawicki will discuss  various ways of modifying education to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nola.com/essencefest/index.ssf/2008/07/essence_forums_aim_to_empower.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Homeowners, tenants still waiting for help</title>
    <link href="http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/13311/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-03:/commentary/2446351</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>People's Weekly World</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
A second program in the package, titled the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, was authored by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). Approved by the House May 8, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/13311/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>US can be energy independent without posturing</title>
    <link href="http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/OPINION/807020303" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-02:/commentary/2446347</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>St. George Daily Spectrum,&amp;nbsp;UT</name>
    </author>
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The unidentified congresswoman who was mentioned in my previous column on &amp;quot;big oil&amp;quot; is Rep. Maxine Waters,  D-Calif.. In  a congressional hearing, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/OPINION/807020303"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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