Maxine Waters CA Democratic Representative

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Today is Reverend Jesse Jackson’s birthday. Jesse Jackson is a civil rights icon who blessed us with his presence and his extraordinary fight for justice and equality for everyone. We are going to miss the Reverend Jesse Jackson for many years to come. Rest well, Jesse, and thank you for your contributions to all of us.

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Not only is this war with Iran illegal and costly, the lives of innocent young men and women will be lost because Donald Trump doesn’t give a damn.

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He’s lied again but that’s typical of this lying President. He promised the American people he would not go to war for regime change. We’ve got to stop this crazy deranged disturbed man.

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The Constitution is clear - the president cannot go to war without approval from Congress. Enough is enough! Americans do not want this war.

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The removal of the brochure that honors Medgar Evers and the identification of the racist, Byron De La Beckwith, who killed him, is but another attempt by racist Trump to deny the history of Black people in this country. It adds to his pattern of erasing the history and the contributions of Black people from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, other Smithsonian museums, other Federal buildings and websites, and the National Park Service. Trump, you are not fit to run this country. And no matter your dirty deeds, we are going to fight you, and we are going to win!

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Donald Trump is a brazen, cruel, and deplorable racist. Everyone knows who and what Donald Trump is, even the people who vote for him. Trump's most recent social media display of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama is a deranged demonstration of in-your-face racism. Recently, Trump, in his racist attempt to erase the history and the contributions of Black people, ordered the National Park Service to remove visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument because they called the Klansman murderer of Medgar Evers, a racist. Exploitation of racism has always been a long-term plan of Steve Bannon and Trump. In 2018, Bannon said, "Let them call you racist. Let them call you xenophobes. Let them call you nativists. Wear it as a badge of honor. Because every day, we get stronger and they get weaker."

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February is Black History Month! 100 years ago, Carter G. Woodson founded Black History Week. 50 years ago, President Gerald Ford extended it to Black History Month. The contributions, the sacrifices, and the history of Black people in this country should never be forgotten, ignored, or disrespected. Trump is working aggressively to remove the history of slavery and the contributions of Black people from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, other Smithsonian museums, other Federal buildings and websites, and the National Park Service. Trump, you can keep pushing your white supremacist agenda, but that will never wipe out our contributions! We take this month to celebrate our history, memorialize our ancestors, and rejoice in who we are. We will never be forgotten, no matter what you try to do.

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 220 to 207 to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Democrats lost that vote. 206 Democrats and 1 Republican voted against the funding; 213 Republicans and 7 Democrats voted for it. The bill now goes to the Senate. Senate Minority Leader Schumer is working to deny ICE funding from the Homeland Security funding bill. I am hoping and praying that the Senate Democrats and at least some compassionate Senate Republicans will vote to kill the ICE funding or end it in some other way. The trauma that Trump is causing, the loss of life that he is directing, moves me not only to support the impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem but also to impeach Trump. Our country is at a critical moment, with a deranged President, a weak and incompetent cabinet, off-and-on threats of increased tariffs against our allies, growing anger from members of NATO regarding his threat to take over Greenland, and Trump’s outrageous firings and cuts in his domestic agenda, are creating harm and devastation to far too many American families!

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Voting record, 119th Congress

95.6%Attendance646 of 676 roll calls cast

30Roll calls missedAnswered “present” 3 times (counted as cast)

99.1%Voted with the Democratic majorityon the 471 party-line votes

3Yea or Nay against the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Democratic majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority.

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 16, 2026	S. 2403Retire through Ownership Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9497Water Resources Development Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9340Ratepayer Protection Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.J.Res. 213Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 10326PROOF Act	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9576National Fraud Enforcement Division Act	On Passage	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 5334An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.Con.Res. 93Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.J.Res. 210Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.R. 9500Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed

Votes against the Democratic majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
Jul 22, 2026	H.R. 8800	Yea	Nay
Jul 21, 2026	H.R. 8800	Nay	Yea
Jan 23, 2025	H.R. 471Fix Our Forests Act	Yea	Nay

Source: Congress.gov API · through the House’s last vote, Sep 16, 2026 · House Clerk roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

45Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

274Cosponsored

0Sponsored that became law1 sponsored or cosponsored became law

27Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

2.8%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Health	54
Government Operations and Politics	35
International Affairs	27
Labor and Employment	23
Crime and Law Enforcement	17

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

96.6%With the Democratic majorityon 447 issue votes

11Against both partiesmost Democrats and most Republicans voted the other way

3With the Republican majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Democratic majority	Against both parties	With the Republican majority	Rank among Democrats
Economics and Public Finance	59	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (43)
Armed Forces and National Security	56	94.6%	1	2	183rd of 218
Crime and Law Enforcement	28	92.9%	2	0	59th of 213
Energy	28	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (130)
International Affairs	25	92.0%	2	0	151st of 213
Commerce	24	95.8%	1	0	122nd of 211
Government Operations and Politics	24	87.5%	2	0	152nd of 214
Public Lands and Natural Resources	23	95.7%	0	1	183rd of 213
Congress	22	95.5%	1	0	71st of 213
Environmental Protection	22	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (108)
Finance and Financial Sector	22	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (68)
Education	14	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (115)
Immigration	14	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (126)
Agriculture and Food	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (137)
Science, Technology, Communications	11	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (108)
Other issues (15)Fewer than 10 votes each: Labor and Employment, Taxation, Transportation and Public Works, Emergency Management, Health, Law, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Housing and Community Development, Animals, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Native Americans, Families, Social Welfare, Water Resources Development, Arts, Culture, Religion	62	96.8%	2	0	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Democratic majority most often on that issue, among House Democrats who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Armed Forces and National Security · 3

Jul 22, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 8800 · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. No other member voted this way.
Jul 21, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 8800 · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Voted Nay; most Democrats voted Yea, most Republicans Nay. Also voting Nay: 36 other Democrats.
Dec 10, 2025 · S. 1071 · To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 93 other Democrats; 18 Republicans.

Crime and Law Enforcement · 2

May 12, 2026 · H.R. 2853 · Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 58 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Keith Self.
Jun 12, 2025 · S. 331 · HALT Fentanyl Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 102 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Thomas Massie.

International Affairs · 2

Jun 4, 2026 · H.Con.Res. 84 · Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
Voted Yea; most of both parties voted Nay. Also voting Yea: 90 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Thomas Massie.
Mar 5, 2026 · H.Res. 1099 · Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 52 other Democrats.

Commerce · 1

Jul 14, 2025 · H.R. 1770 · Consumer Safety Technology Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 3 other Democrats: Sylvia Garcia, Jerrold Nadler, Brad Sherman; 32 Republicans.

Government Operations and Politics · 2

Sep 19, 2025 · H.Res. 719 · Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 57 other Democrats.
Jun 24, 2025 · Motion to table H.Res. 537 · Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 78 other Democrats.

Public Lands and Natural Resources · 1

Jan 23, 2025 · H.R. 471 · Fix Our Forests Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 63 other Democrats.

Congress · 1

Nov 19, 2025 · H.Res. 893 · Censuring Representative Cory Mills and Removing Him From the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 94 other Democrats; 8 Republicans: Lauren Boebert, Tim Burchett, Kat Cammack, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Harriet Hageman, Anna Paulina Luna, Nancy Mace, Joe Wilson.

Transportation and Public Works · 1

Apr 14, 2026 · H.R. 7613 · ALERT Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 9 Republicans.

Health · 1

Jun 4, 2025 · H.R. 2483 · SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 29 other Democrats; 27 Republicans.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 468 of the House’s 676 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (208): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. “With the Democratic majority” counts every issue vote on which most Democrats voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Democrats and most Republicans voted one way and this member the other. “With the Republican majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Republicans. Independents count with the party they caucus with.

Source: votes: Congress.gov API / Clerk of the House · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 16, 2026

Committee assignments

Committee	Role	Side	Seniority rank
House Committee on Financial Services	Ranking Member	Minority	1

Seniority rank is the member’s order among their own party’s members on that committee; 1 is the most senior.

Source: congress-legislators (CC0) · as of Oct 27, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2025–present	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	43
118th Congress	2023–2025	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	43
117th Congress	2021–2023	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	43
116th Congress	2019–2021	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	43
115th Congress	2017–2019	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	43
114th Congress	2015–2017	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	43
113th Congress	2013–2015	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	43
112th Congress	2011–2013	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
111th Congress	2009–2011	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
110th Congress	2007–2009	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
109th Congress	2005–2007	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
108th Congress	2003–2005	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
107th Congress	2001–2003	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
106th Congress	1999–2001	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
105th Congress	1997–1999	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
104th Congress	1995–1997	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
103rd Congress	1993–1995	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	35
102nd Congress	1991–1993	House of Representatives	Representative	California (CA)	29

Elections

Elected to the 29th District for the 102nd Congress on November 6, 1990; elected to the 35th District for the 103d Congress on November 2, 1992; reelected to each succeeding Congress; elected to the 43d District for the 113th Congress on November 6, 2002; reelected to each succeeding Congress.¹

The election history as listed in the Congressional Directory.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Overview Donors Disclosures

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

$1,107,267Raised

$1,119,052Spent

$104,671Cash on hand

$142,161Debts owed by the campaign

Where the money came from

Source	Amount	Share
Individuals, itemizeddonors giving more than $200 in the cycle, named in filings	$404,078	36.5%
Individuals, unitemized$200 or less in the cycle, not named	$37,163	3.4%
PACs and other committees	$541,500	48.9%
Party committees	$0	0.0%
All other receiptstransfers, loans, refunds and offsets	$124,526	11.2%

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported by groups not tied to the campaign: $12,667 supporting this candidate, $0 opposing. Details on FEC.gov

More on this campaign’s money

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Contribution size	Amount	Share
$200 and under	$41,113	11.6%
$200.01 to $499.99	$4,158	1.2%
$500 to $999.99	$15,000	4.2%
$1,000 to $1,999.99	$80,300	22.7%
$2,000 and over	$213,900	60.3%

From the FEC’s contribution-size summary, which is compiled separately from the campaign’s totals, so these rows need not add up to the individual receipts on the Overview.

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

State	Amount
CA (home state)	$185,050
DC	$30,750
TX	$17,300
MD	$15,550
NY	$13,375
GA	$12,250
FL	$12,020
IL	$7,000
CO	$7,000
MA	$3,750

Top employers of individual donors

Employer named by donors	Amount
MINDSET	$15,300
ALLEN MEDIA GROUP	$11,500
BLACKROCK	$7,500
G & C EQUIPMENT	$7,000
TIMOTHY PRYZBYLSKI	$7,000
YUCAIPA COMPANIES	$7,000
EREBOR BANK	$7,000
ARIEL INVESTMENTS	$7,000
CARRILLO LAW FIRM	$5,000
INTRAFI	$5,000

Contributions from individuals who listed that employer, itemized only. Companies themselves cannot give to a federal candidate’s campaign.

Entries that name no employer, as written on the filings: NONE $42,883 · SELF EMPLOYED $12,750 · NOT EMPLOYED $10,250 · SELF-EMPLOYED $7,000.

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Personal financial disclosures

Filed	Covers	Filing	Document
Aug 13, 2026	2025	Annual report	PDF
May 6, 2026	2025	Extension request	PDF

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

None filed in 2025 or 2026.

The annual report lists assets, income and debts for the prior year and is due May 15; an extension of up to 90 days is allowed. A periodic transaction report lists a trade of more than $1,000 and is due within 45 days of it.

Source: Clerk of the House, financial disclosures · as of Oct 27, 2026

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Profile

Facts from official records. The small numbers open each fact’s source.

At a glance

Born	August 15, 1938¹
Birthplace	St. Louis, MO¹
Home town listed	Los Angeles, CA¹
Party	Democratic¹
In the House since	January 3, 1991²

Education

B.A., sociology, California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1971

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Professional history

Teacher
Chief deputy, staff of Los Angeles city councilman David S. Cunningham, Jr., 1973
Member, California State Assembly, 1976-90

As the member’s office lists it in the Congressional Directory, in that order.¹

Biographical Directory entry

WATERS, Maxine, a Representative from California; born Maxine (Moore) Carr, in St. Louis, Mo., August 15, 1938; graduated from Vashon High School, St. Louis, Mo., 1956; B.A., California State University, Los Angeles, Calif., 1970; teacher; Head Start volunteer coordinator; Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1972-1988; member of the California state assembly, 1977-1991; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-present); chair, Committee on Financial Services (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses).²

The official summary kept by the House and Senate historians, word for word.

Offices

Washington, DC

2221 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0543
202-225-2201

Local office

City	Address	Phone
Hawthorne, CA	13605 Hawthorne Blvd.	323-757-8900

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

Last 10 votes cast

Votes against the Democratic majority

Bills, 119th Congress

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Committee assignments

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

Elections

Sources

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

Where the money came from

Outside spending

More on this campaign’s money

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

Top employers of individual donors

Personal financial disclosures

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

Profile

At a glance

Education

Professional history

Biographical Directory entry

Offices

Sources

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