Maxine Waters, Representative for California's 43rd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Waters has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Waters is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Waters for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Maxine Waters sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, House Committee on Financial Services
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Waters sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (21%) Crime and Law Enforcement (16%) Housing and Community Development (16%) Finance and Financial Sector (13%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (10%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Education (8%) Government Operations and Politics (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Waters’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1991 to Sep 2016, Waters missed 1,290 of 16,819 roll call votes, which is 7.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 4 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1991 Jan-Mar	62	6	9.7%	91^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	10	7.2%	80^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	9	11.1%	91^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	28	17.3%	95^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	6	9.1%	73^rd
1992 Apr-Jun	185	37	20.0%	95^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	16	8.2%	84^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	68^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	6	4.7%	73^rd
1993 Apr-Jun	190	11	5.8%	67^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	45^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	9	6.7%	90^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	39^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	77^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	6	4.2%	60^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	3	5.9%	80^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	10	3.6%	80^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	14	7.4%	89^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	83^rd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	5	2.7%	60^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	35	31.8%	98^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	9	4.9%	81^st
1996 Jul-Sep	163	12	7.4%	90^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	50^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	5	2.9%	60^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	10	4.3%	76^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	5	3.1%	63^rd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	28	31.5%	98^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	14	7.6%	85^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	11	5.5%	79^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	5	6.8%	83^rd
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	33^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	17	9.2%	91^st
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	70^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	9	6.2%	77^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	13	13.7%	84^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	7	2.5%	52^nd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	10	7.7%	86^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	23	22.8%	88^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	11	8.1%	89^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	14	9.4%	92^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	9	5.9%	81^st
2002 Jan-Mar	79	19	24.1%	97^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	7	3.4%	61^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	15	10.6%	87^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	8	13.1%	89^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	9	9.6%	92^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	10	4.2%	73^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	12	6.2%	84^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	8	5.3%	70^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	14	13.5%	87^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	14	6.3%	79^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	7	4.3%	53^rd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	13	22.4%	95^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	12	13.3%	96^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	26	9.6%	93^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	7	4.8%	76^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	23	14.1%	96^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	75^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	27	9.8%	95^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	65^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	78^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	12	5.6%	87^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	18	4.6%	79^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	26	8.2%	93^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	14	5.3%	74^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	11	7.4%	76^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	22	6.9%	81^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	21	10.2%	89^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	5	2.9%	60^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	23	7.6%	89^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	20	7.5%	90^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	14	5.7%	79^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	30	15.4%	95^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	31	14.2%	93^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	10	6.6%	85^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	24	24.2%	95^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	10	4.7%	88^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	21	7.5%	92^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	43	17.4%	99^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	53^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	5	3.3%	69^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	28	9.4%	90^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	8	5.3%	84^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	8	15.7%	93^rd
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	79^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	7	3.3%	67^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	10	5.0%	83^rd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	12	8.8%	90^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	3	2.0%	52^nd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	40	18.3%	96^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	5	3.4%	76^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	54^th
2015 Jan-Mar	130	17	13.1%	94^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	9	3.7%	80^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	6	4.3%	79^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	2	1.1%	52^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	5	3.6%	57^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	49	24.0%	97^th
2016 Jul-Sep	221	9	4.1%	80^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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