California Congresswoman Maxine Waters

by Ms. Mac Sunday, Oct. 03, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Mmsann@yahoo.com

California Congresswoman Maxine Waters speaks out concerning the war in Iraq, and how President Bush and his friends were trying to "take over the world".

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Maxine Waters is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing California's 29th congressional district and later California's 35th congressional district. She is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters has always been a supporter of the African American community, and all of the other communities in her district.

Before Congress she served in the California Assembly, where she was first elected in 1976. As an Assembly member, Representative Waters advocated for divestment from South Africa's apartheid regime. In Congress she has long been an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War.

Congresswoman Waters was charged by the House's subcommittee on ethics with violations of the House's ethics rules in 2010. She is expected to face an ethics trial in the fall of 2010.

She resides in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, which is approximately six miles west of downtown.