W000187 1938-08-15 2344 Rayburn House Office Building http://www.house.gov/waters/IMA/issue.htm 35 202-225-7854 Maxine 'd':4 'ca':5 '-35':6 'rep':1 'maxin':2,7,9 'water':3,8,10 F 400422 Waters Maxine_Waters Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35] N00006690 8161 Democrat 202-225-2201 Christian CA Maxine Waters 1.89655172413793 http://www.house.gov/waters/ MaxineWaters 400422 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 11:12:42 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...against Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), who is white, but agreed to open full-blown investigations of California Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson, both of whom are black.        The committee was already investigating five other Afric 'r':22 'mo':23 'rep':18,38 'sam':19 'agre':28 'five':54 'full':32 'hous':4 'open':30 'r-mo':21 'activ':8 'afric':56 'black':15,48 'blown':33 'ethic':5 'grave':20 'laura':42 'maxin':39 'probe':6 'water':40 'white':26 'dispar':2 'eurweb':57 'happen':12 'lawmak':16 'racial':1 'target':14 'alreadi':52 'committe':50 'democrat':37 'investig':9,34,53 'california':36 'full-blown':31 'richardson':43 6587105 true true daylife EURweb http://eurweb.com/ OK http://www.eurweb.com/story.cfm?id=57213 400422 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:20:18 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...attempting to ram the health-care overhaul through the House, their fellow Democrats responded with contemptuous sneers. Rep. Maxine Waters, the liberal lawmaker from California, criticized Rahm Emanuel’s strategy of recruiting conservative Democrats 'ram':8 'rep':24 '2010':2 'care':12 'hous':16 'rahm':33 'liber':28 'maxin':25 'onlin':43 'sneer':23 'water':26 'critic':32 'fellow':18 'health':11 'lawmak':29 'nation':41 'review':42 'attempt':6 'conserv':39 'emanuel':34 'hoffman':1 'recruit':38 'respond':20 'stephen':4 'democrat':19,40 'overhaul':13 'spruiell':5 'strategi':36 'contemptu':22 'california':31 'health-car':10 6593291 true true daylife National Review Online http://www.nationalreview.com/ OK http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2I1NzNkMDFlMDg2MzkzZDFkODEzNjkwOTJkZTczMjY= 400422 Person rep\. Wed Nov 04 22:27:11 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, has included legislation introduced by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., that would give the SEC statutory support for the rules. Richard Ferlauto, policy director for the A 'd':10,29 'rep':25 'sec':35 'give':33 'hous':16 'mass':11 'rule':40 'calif':30 'elect':5 'frank':8 'maxin':26 'power':6,15 'water':27 'would':32 'barney':7 'commit':2 'd-mass':9 'includ':21 'legisl':22 'polici':43 'servic':18 'd-calif':28 'financi':17 'richard':41 'support':37 'chairman':12 'committe':19 'director':44 'ferlauto':42 'introduc':23 'schapiro':1 'sharehold':4 'statutori':36 'marketwatch':48 6581611 true true daylife MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteID=mktw OK http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~3/cyIL8A7heOs/rss.asp 400422 Person rep\. Wed Nov 04 22:27:11 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the chairman of a housing subcommittee, said she expects HUD "will take immediate steps to improve oversight" of agencies receiving stimulus funds. WASHINGTON The government is sending millions of dollars in stimulus aid to 'd':15 'go':5 'aid':49 'hud':1,26 'rep':11 'usa':51 '220m':3 'fund':38 'hous':21 'risk':9 'said':23 'send':43 'step':30 'take':28 'agenc':10,35 'audit':2 'calif':16 'maxin':12 'today':52 'water':13 'dollar':46 'expect':25 'govern':41 'immedi':29 'improv':32 'receiv':36 'at-risk':7 'd-calif':14 'million':44 'chairman':18 'stimulus':37,48 'oversight':33 'washington':39 'subcommitte':22 6581609 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/taKTWXxbypE/2009-11-03-stimulus_N.htm 400422 Person rep\. Wed Nov 04 22:27:12 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...for keeping track of this money that the majority of problems are going to be caught and addressed," Mead said. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who chairs a housing subcommittee, said the department would "take immediate steps to improve oversight." Altoo 'd':31 'go':19 'hud':1 'rep':27 'hous':36 'keep':8 'mead':25 'rais':3 'said':26,38 'step':44 'take':42 'unit':49 'altoo':48 'calif':32 'chair':34 'major':15 'maxin':28 'money':12 'press':50 'studi':2 'track':9 'water':29 'would':41 'caught':22 'depart':40 'immedi':43 'improv':46 'intern':51 'address':24 'd-calif':30 'problem':17 'question':4 'stimulus':6 'oversight':47 'subcommitte':37 6581613 true true daylife United Press International http://www.upi.com/ OK http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2009/11/04/HUD-study-raises-questions-on-stimulus/UPI-34181257342480/ 400422 Person congress Wed Nov 04 22:27:12 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...corporations may have sponsored the event. Under new ethics rules, members cannot accept trips paid for by corporations. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is being investigated for helping arrange a 2008 Treasury meeting for OneUnited, a bank on which her husband wa 'd':29 'ca':30 'wa':49 'may':9 'new':15,50 '2008':38 'bank':44 'd-ca':28 'help':35 'meet':40 'paid':22 'rule':17 'trip':21 'black':5 'ethic':2,16 'event':13 'major':51 'maxin':26 'water':27 'white':7 'accept':20 'arrang':36 'cannot':19 'corpor':8,25 'lesson':3 'member':18 'husband':48 'oneunit':42 'sponsor':11 'investig':33 'treasuri':39 6581612 true true daylife New Majority http://www.newmajority.com/ OK http://www.frumforum.com/an-ethics-lesson-in-black-and-white 400422 Person rep\. Thu Nov 05 22:20:18 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...LinkedIn : , and follow us on Twitter. : Business RoundtableKirk Monroe, 202-496-3269 “Business Roundtable opposes Rep. Maxine Waters’ recent amendment to the Investor Protection Act of 2009. This amendment gives the SEC the authority to adopt a f 'f':52 'us':18 '202':24 'act':12,39 'rep':5,30 'sec':46 '-496':25 '2009':14,41 'busi':1,21,27 'give':44 '-3269':26 'adopt':50 'amend':7,34,43 'maxin':31 'monro':23 'oppos':29 'water':6,32 'author':48 'follow':17 'recent':33 'protect':11,38 'twitter':20 'investor':10,37 'linkedin':15 'roundtabl':2,28 'statement':3 'pr-inside.com':53 'roundtablekirk':22 6593290 true true daylife PR-Inside.com http://www.pr-inside.com/ OK http://www.pr-inside.com/business-roundtable-statement-on-rep-r1564634.htm 400422 Person democrat Wed Nov 04 22:27:11 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...has drifted considerably from any possible description of a nonprofit, quote, organization." And in 2003, Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters said, "Don't forget, AARP is making a lot of money off of the insurance companies." A recent public opinion poll sugg 'lot':37 'rep':26 '2003':24 'aarp':5,33 'bill':8 'make':35 'poll':49 'quot':20 'said':29 'sugg':50 'debat':9 'drift':11 'insur':43 'maxin':27 'money':39 'organ':21 'radio':54 'water':28 'forget':32 'health':7 'public':47,53 'recent':46 'compani':44 'opinion':48 'possibl':15 'conflict':1 'consider':12 'democrat':25 'descript':16 'interest':3 'southern':51 'nonprofit':19 'california':52 6581610 true true daylife Southern California Public Radio http://www.scpr.org/ OK http://feeds.scpr.org/~r/893KpccSouthernCaliforniaNews/~3/M2eD3coOMD8/ 400422 Person rep\. Thu Nov 05 22:20:18 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...brokers from requiring customers to sign mandatory arbitration clauses.The committee also approved a provision backed by Rep. Maxine Waters, (D., Calif.) to ensure that the SEC has the legal authority to impose new proxy access rules to bolster sharehol 'd':26 'new':39 'rep':23 'sec':32 'also':17 'back':21 'bill':6 'busi':2 'gain':3 'rule':42 'sign':12 'wall':46 'calif':27 'ensur':29 'impos':38 'legal':35 'maxin':24 'proxi':40 'small':1 'water':25 'access':41 'approv':18 'arbitr':14 'author':36 'broker':7 'custom':10 'provis':20 'requir':9 'street':47 'bolster':44 'journal':48 'committe':16 'overhaul':5 'sharehol':45 'mandatori':13 'clauses.the':15 6593292 true true daylife Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/public/us OK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125735033507128259.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama 400422 Person rep\. Thu Nov 05 22:20:18 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...for keeping track of this money that the majority of problems are going to be caught and addressed," Mead said. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who chairs a housing subcommittee, said the department would "take immediate steps to improve oversight." Altoo 'd':31 'go':19 'hud':1 'rep':27 'hous':36 'keep':8 'mead':25 'rais':3 'said':26,38 'step':44 'take':42 'time':51 'altoo':48 'calif':32 'chair':34 'major':15 'maxin':28 'money':12,50 'studi':2 'track':9 'water':29 'would':41 'caught':22 'depart':40 'immedi':43 'improv':46 'address':24 'd-calif':30 'problem':17 'question':4 'stimulus':6 'oversight':47 'subcommitte':37 6593293 true true daylife The Money Times http://www.themoneytimes.com/ OK http://www.themoneytimes.com/20091104/hud-study-raises-questions-stimulus-id-1089820.html 400422 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:10:36 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 NY Representative Charlie “tax cheat” Rangel (two investigations – one for tax cheating one for a multitude of sleazy stunts). California Democrats Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson Reps. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich. ... 'd':39 'ny':9 'one':17,21 'rep':35 'tax':12,19 'two':15 'blog':3 'mich':40 'black':8 'cheat':13,20 'crook':6 'laura':33 'maxin':30 'stunt':27 'water':31 'archiv':4 'charli':11 'collin':1,41 'd-mich':38 'rangel':14 'report':2,42 'repres':10 'sleazi':26 'carolyn':36 'democrat':29 'investig':16 'multitud':24 'california':28 'kilpatrick':37 'richardson':34 'congression':7 6597599 false true google blog Collins Report http://www.collinsreport.net/ OK http://www.collinsreport.net/2009/11/06/will-crooked-congressional-black-caucus-members-crying-lying-and-embarrassing-democrats-next-year/ 400422 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:16:58 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 It dismissed a case against Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), who is white, but agreed to open full-blown investigations of California Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson, both of whom are black. ... 'r':19 'mo':20 'rep':15,35 'sam':16 'agre':25 'case':13 'full':29 'open':27 'r-mo':18 'activ':4 'black':45,46 'blown':30 'ethic':6 'focus':8 'grave':17 'laura':39 'maxin':36 'polit':48 'power':47 'probe':7 'water':37 'white':23 'dispar':2 'racial':1 'dismiss':11 'democrat':34 'investig':31 'california':33 'full-blown':28 'richardson':40 'congression':5 6603834 false true google blog Black Power » Politics http://www.blackpower.com/ OK http://www.blackpower.com/politics/racial-disparity-all-active-ethics-probes-focus-on-black-lawmakers/ 400422 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:16:59 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Representative Paul Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat, is considering a measure in the House that would break up large financial firms. As Zero Hedge has long been recommending, firms that are TBTF or that have attained monopoly status in various market 'bad':1 'firm':29,37 'hedg':32,51 'hous':22 'larg':27 'long':34,54 'name':9 'news':2 'paul':11 'tbtf':40 'zero':31,50 'break':25 'senat':5 'would':24 'attain':44 'consid':17 'enough':55 'legisl':8 'market':49 'measur':19 'propos':7 'repres':10 'sander':6 'status':46 'financi':28 'goldman':4 'timelin':56 'various':48 'democrat':15 'monopoli':45 'kanjorski':12 'recommend':36 'pennsylvania':14 6603838 false true google blog zero hedge - on a long enough timeline,... http://www.zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml OK http://www.zerohedge.com/article/bad-news-goldman-senator-sanders-proposes-legislation-naming-tbtf-firms-demands-they-be-brok 400422 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:10:42 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...will be good news for Rangel and the other four Black lawmakers who can put this all behind them. But for California Reps. Maxine Waters (D) and Laura Richardson (D)  it’s just beginning.  Last week the ethics committee opens two probes looking into 'd':31,35 'put':20 'rep':28 'two':46 'blog':51 'four':15 'good':8 'last':40 'look':48 'news':9 'open':45 'week':41 'begin':39 'black':16 'charl':1 'clear':3 'ethic':43 'laura':33 'maxin':29 'probe':47 'water':30 'behind':23 'lawmak':17 'rangel':2,11 'bet.com':50 'committe':44 'california':27 'misconduct':5 'richardson':34 6597604 false true daylife BET.com: Blogs http://www.bet.com/News/Blogs OK http://blogs.bet.com/news/pamela/2009/11/06/charles-rangel-cleared-of-misconduct/ 400422 Person rep\. Sat Nov 07 11:02:58 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Dial-A-Refinance Home Mortgages does not Work Rep. Waters. 21. January 2009 Maxine Waters is concerned with the marathon in contact with banks to refinance mortgages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5uipZyB8lc&hl=en ... '21':23 'rep':10,21 'tip':46 '2009':25 'bank':36 'dial':2,13 'guid':48 'home':5,16,44 'work':9,20 'maxin':26 'refin':4,15,38 'water':11,22,27 'concern':29 'contact':34 'januari':24 'mortgag':6,17,39,43 'marathon':32 'refinanc':45 'dial-a-refin':1,12 'www.youtube.com':41 '/watch?v=p5uipzyb8lc&hl=en':42 'www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5uipzyb8lc&hl=en':40 6608196 false true google blog Mortgage Home Refinancing Tips and Guide... http://www.mortgagehomerefinancing.net/ OK http://www.mortgagehomerefinancing.net/mortgage-home-refinancing-videos/dial-a-refinance-home-mortgages-does-not-work-rep-waters/ 400422 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:16:58 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters of California is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee on charges of influence peddling. She is alleged to have arranged to put regulators and bank officials of OneUnited Bank together last year to ... 'v':4 'pa':51 'abc':2 'put':39 'rep':14 'bank':42,46 'hous':24 'last':48 'year':49 'alleg':34 'charg':28 'ethic':25 'maxin':15 'obama':10 'peddl':31 'polit':7 'regim':12 'regul':40 'water':16 'arrang':37 'intern':53 'offici':43 'pundit':52 'togeth':47 'insight':6 'oneunit':45 'committe':26 'democrat':13 'influenc':30 'investig':21 'california':18 'commentari':8 6603836 false true google blog PA Pundits - International http://papundits.wordpress.com/ OK http://papundits.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/is-abc%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cv%E2%80%9D-an-insightful-political-commentary-of-obamas-regime-more/ 400422 Person rep\. Sat Nov 07 11:02:58 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Right before the leak was revealed a week ago, the ethics committee launched an investigative subcommittee to scrutinize allegations against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.). ... 'd':35,42 'ago':19 'rep':31,38 'full':4 'leak':8,14 'want':2 'week':18 'alleg':29 'calif':36,43 'ethic':7,21 'laura':39 'maxin':32 'right':11 'stori':5 'water':33 'kaptur':1 'launch':23 'reveal':16 'citizen':9,46 'content':45 'd-calif':34,41 'respons':48 'scrutin':28 'committe':22 'investig':25 'richardson':40 'subcommitte':26 6608195 false true google blog All Content | Citizens for Responsibility... http://www.citizensforethics.org/ OK http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/43244 400422 Person rep\. Sat Nov 07 11:02:58 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 "Many members of the committee are supportive of community banks," said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), one of the most progressive members of the committee and a subcommittee chair. "The big banks have been such an outrageous, ... 'd':26 'big':42 'one':28 'rep':22 'bank':20,43 'mani':11 'next':9 'ontd':1,49 'said':21 'stop':8 'wall':3 'calif':27 'chair':40 'great':10 'maxin':23 'polit':2,50 'solut':6 'water':24 'banker':5 'member':12,33 'outrag':48 'street':4 'd-calif':25 'support':17 'committe':15,36 'progress':32 'communiti':19 'subcommitte':39 6608197 false true google blog ONTD: Politics http://ontd_political.livejournal.com/ OK http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/4557560.html 400422 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 11:10:36 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... and since the Democrats all possess such a predilection for collectivism, and the Republicans were shut out of the crafting of the bill, postulation dictates the ensuing transgressions be representative of the Democratic Party: ... Maxine Waters' 'bill':10,33 'care':8 'ensu':37 'news':49 'shut':26 'sinc':12 'craft':30 'maxin':45 'parti':44 'polit':50 'water':46 'wrote':5 'dictat':35 'health':7 'legisl':4 'postul':34 'reform':9 'repres':40 'conserv':48 'opinion':51 'possess':16 'american':47 'democrat':14,43 'gangster':2 'collectiv':21 'predilect':19 'republican':24 'transgress':38 6597600 false true google blog American Conservative News Politics & Opinion... http://www.thelandofthefree.net/index.php OK http://www.thelandofthefree.net/conservativeopinion/2009/11/05/the-gangsters-of-legislation-wrote-a-health-care-reform-bill/ 400422 Person rep\. Fri Nov 06 22:16:58 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 "Many members of the committee are supportive of community banks," said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), one of the most progressive members of the committee and a subcommittee chair. "The big banks have been such an outrageous, ... 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