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Maxine Waters

Headshot b. 1938-08-15 , St. Louis, MO
represents CA-35
Democrat, Christian
Official website

Education: BA, California State University, Los Angeles, 1970.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 82,498 (84.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $355,672 (#449)
Spent 79% (#171)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 35% (#413)
From PACs 23% (#447)

Earmarks

Requested 20 (#303)
Total cost $6,902,000 (#469)
Received 20 (#286)
Total cost $8,511,000 (#443)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,601 (#121)
Introduced 153 (#78)
Debated 15 (#129)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 18 times (#55)
Avg. length 866 words (#244)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 76% left-wing (#515)
Predictable 96% (#173)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400422 (GovTrack), N00006690 (OpenSecrets), W000187 (Congressional Bio), 29106 (ICPSR), 26759 (Vote Smart), H4CA23011 (FEC)