Maxine Waters Voting Records, Corruption Findings, Earmarking Tendencies

Maxine Waters’s Recent Voting Records and Legislative History in Congress

Indications of Corruption or Ethical Dysfunction

Earmarking Summary

Party: Democrat Former Occupation: Teacher Representative Since: 1991 Next Election: 2010

(Note: all corruption will not be listed. Since "corrupt" is a yes/no descriptor, further investigations become redundant after one incident is uncovered.)

Maxine Waters Results of Corruption Investigation and/or Ethical Problems:

Use of Seat for Personal Gain:

According to NY Times, Waters set up special meetings to faciliate bailout funds for small bank. Why? Maxine Waters' husband had invested $250,000 in the bank.

Maxine Waters Voting or Legislative History in Congress:

• Tort Reform - Medical Malpractice Reform S11 7/03:

  No, Representative Waters opposes reform

• Balanced Budget Amendment:

  No, Waters has not supported requiring Congress to spend within government means.

• Oil Drilling in US - ANWR (Alaska) A2358 11/05, Offshore VA A1566 6/07:

  No, Maxine Waters prefers dependence upon importation of oil, opposing energy independence efforts that include drilling for US oil supplies.

• Cap and Trade HR 2454 6/09:

  Yes, Waters supports increased taxes and surcharges on US production of goods and energy.

• Amnesty/Citizenship for Illegal Border Crossers S2611 5/06:

  Yes, Maxine Waters supports granting citizenship to those who manage to slip into the country illegally.

• Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act HR 4173 12/09:

  Yes, Maxine Waters supports federal government expansion of involvement and control over private industry.

• Auto Company Bailouts HR 7005 12/08:

  Yes, supports taxpayer bailouts of private industry

• Bank Bailouts -TARP HR1424 10/08:

  Yes, Waters supports taxpayer bailouts for financial institutions that gamble and lose

• 2009 Stimulus Bill HR1 2/09:

  Yes, Supported the $787 Billion spending plan

• 2009 Omnibus HR1105 3/09:

  Yes, Representative Waters supported the 9000+ earmark, 8.3% government expansion bill

• Health Care HR3590 12/09:

  Yes, Supported laying groundwork for federal takeover of Healthcare delivery

Maxine Waters Earmarking Tendencies:

• Light Compared to Colleagues in House of Representatives

  • $10,053,514 of taxpayer money requested by Maxine Waters in 2009 budget specifically for entities and projects not considered worthy of financing through transparent means in the official federal budget.(Ref: Center for Responsive Politics and Taxpayers for Common Sense)

Charted Comparison of House Colleagues to Maxine Waters Voting Records

Charted Comparison Corruption Investigations for House of Representatives Colleagues of Waters