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Maxine Waters
U.S. Representative, CA-43
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, CA-43 current
California |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-43
California |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2025 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-43
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-43
California |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-43
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-43
California |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-43
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-43
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-43
California |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-43
United States |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-43
California |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-43
California |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-43
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 5, 2011 | Jan 3, 2013 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 5, 2011 | Jan 3, 2013 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2009 | Jan 3, 2011 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2009 | Jan 3, 2011 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 4, 2007 | Jan 3, 2009 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 4, 2007 | Jan 3, 2009 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 4, 2005 | Jan 3, 2007 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 4, 2005 | Jan 3, 2007 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 7, 2003 | Jan 3, 2005 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 7, 2003 | Jan 3, 2005 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2001 | Jan 3, 2003 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2001 | Jan 3, 2003 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 6, 1999 | Jan 3, 2001 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 6, 1999 | Jan 3, 2001 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 7, 1997 | Jan 3, 1999 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 7, 1997 | Jan 3, 1999 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 4, 1995 | Jan 3, 1997 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 4, 1995 | Jan 3, 1997 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-35
United States |
Democratic | Jan 5, 1993 | Jan 3, 1995 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-35
California |
Democratic | Jan 5, 1993 | Jan 3, 1995 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District CA-29
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1991 | Jan 3, 1993 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, CA-29
California |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1991 | Jan 3, 1993 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Financial Services — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.656, social dim. -0.095. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (583 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3668 — Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act | Not voting | Dec 12, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3668 — Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act | Not voting | Dec 12, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 2550 — Protect America's Workforce Act | Yea | Dec 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 432 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management… | Yea | Dec 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3898 — PERMIT Act | Nay | Dec 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3898 — PERMIT Act | Yea | Dec 11, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 | Nay | Dec 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 | Yea | Dec 11, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 | Yea | Dec 11, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 | Nay | Dec 11, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3638 — Electric Supply Chain Act | Nay | Dec 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3628 — State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act | Nay | Dec 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 939 — Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States for high crimes and misdemeanors. | Nay | Dec 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 432 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management… | Yea | Dec 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Nay | Dec 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Dec 10, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 936 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect… | Nay | Dec 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 936 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect… | Nay | Dec 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1676 — Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025 | Yea | Dec 9, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 356 — Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 | Yea | Dec 9, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1049 — Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act | Nay | Dec 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1069 — PROTECT Our Kids Act | Nay | Dec 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1005 — Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act | Nay | Dec 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4305 — DUMP Red Tape Act | Nay | Dec 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 2965 — Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025 | Nay | Dec 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,028 recorded contributions totalling $1,560,505. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 184 of 1028 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 134 | $401,480 | 26% |
| Corporate PAC | 1 | $15,000 | 1% |
| Small-dollar | 21 | $2,100 | 0% |
| Super PAC | 28 | $500 | 0% |
| Unclassified | 844 | $1,141,425 | 73% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,000 | VOTE NO ON LANDLORD GREED | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Nov 4, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $15,000 | JUSTICE FOR RENTERS SPONSORED BY AIDS | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | Corporate PAC | Nov 4, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,000 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Sep 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE COUNCIL PAC | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Jul 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MORTGAGE BROKERS NAMB PAC | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Jun 26, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | NATIONAL ASSOC. OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. PAC | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Apr 19, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | TARGET CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Mar 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | NATIONAL ASSOC. OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS PAC NAFCU/PAC | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Jun 20, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL PAC | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Mar 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Mar 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Mar 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Mar 16, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | CROWELL & MORING LLP PAC | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Jun 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE COUNCIL PAC | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Jun 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION PAC (FICO PAC) | CITIZENS FOR WATERS | unclassified | Sep 26, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Social media
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