Maxine in the News
  • Waters to FCC: Don't Wade Into Ownership Just Yet
    Dec 20, 2012 - The FCC continues to solicit comment from the public on media ownership and diversity, and Rep. Maxine Waters had a piece of her mind to give to the chairman. In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski dated Wednesday, she said she was concerned with reports that the commission intended to "revi... More
  • Dems accuses GOP of hiding Dodd-Frank cuts in 'Plan B' push
    Dec 20, 2012 - Leading Democrats are blasting Republican leaders for including a package of cuts alongside their backup tax plan that would eliminate major pieces of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) accused the GOP of trying to sneak the dismantling of the Wall Street overhaul throu... More
  • Waters Will Be Top Democrat on House Banking Panel
    Dec 4, 2012 - The House Democratic Caucus formally elected Rep. Maxine Waters Tuesday as ranking member for the House Financial Services Committee. The California Democrat had been the presumed choice to take over the seat since her name was cleared in a long-running ethics investigation that concluded in Septemb... More
  • DOMA repeal enjoys record support at end of 112th Congress
    Nov 29, 2012 - Legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act is enjoying record support as the year comes to a close — and an LGBT group backing the bill is optimistic that strength will grow further as additional lawmakers who support marriage equality take their seats at the start of the next Congres... More
  • FHA's reserves fall into the red
    Nov 17, 2012 - As the housing market recovers, one government agency is still paying the price for helping to stabilize it -- and taxpayers could get the bill. The Federal Housing Administration, whose mortgage insurance business skyrocketed during the Great Recession of 2007-09, said Friday that its reserves to c... More
  • Lawmakers, housing industry experts urge caution in shoring up FHA's finances
    Nov 16, 2012 - Reactions were mixed on Friday after an independent audit found that the Federal Housing Administration is facing billions in losses. Democrats and housing industry advocates called for changes at the struggling agency, which bore the brunt of bad loans made after the housing crash and the market's ... More
  • New Playa Vista Elementary School opens after overcoming skeptics
    Oct 29, 2012 - When Marlene Canter, a former Los Angeles school board member, first came up with the idea to build a brand new elementary school in Playa Vista, some people called her crazy, arguing that the Westside neighborhood lacked the density to support a new school. On Monday, the brand-new Playa Vista Elem... More
  • Maxine Waters reaches out to big banks and Wall Street
    Oct 15, 2012 - Maxine Waters and big banks are rarely on the same page. But as the California congresswoman prepares to become the top Democrat on the House Financial Services panel, she is engaging in an aggressive outreach effort with some of the very institutions that she has heavily criticized for their role i... More
  • Space shuttle Endeavour celebrated at Forum
    Oct 13, 2012 - Thousands of people flocked to the Forum in Inglewood on Saturday to join local dignitaries cheering Endeavour at its first public party en route to Exposition Park. With the retired orbiter parked on Manchester Boulevard, the Inglewood High School marching band warmed up the crowd before several pu... More
  • Former California lawmaker, US Rep. Mervyn Dymally dies
    Oct 7, 2012 - Mervyn Dymally, the former California assemblyman, senator and lieutenant governor who also served in Congress for more than a decade, has died. A former press secretary for the Democratic lawmaker said Dymally died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 86. Jasmine Cannick said Dymally's health had been in ... More

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