Maxine Waters, D-CA

Maxine Waters is a Democratic Representative from California's House District 43.

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Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

• hres259-119 - Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
• hres210-119 - Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
• hr4551-119 - To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to authorize a temporary transaction account guarantee program, expand deposit and share insurance to cover business payment accounts, and for other purposes. (aka Employee Paycheck and Small Business Protection Act)
• hr550-119 - To require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study regarding insurance coverage for damages from wildfires, and for other purposes. (aka Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2025)
• hr3171-119 - To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that a rule relating to a reduction in force is subject to review under chapter 8 of that title, and for other purposes. (aka Reduction in Force Review Act)
• hr1764-119 - To accord securities issued by the International Development Association the same exemption from the securities laws that applies to the securities of other multilateral development banks in which the United States is a member. (aka Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act)
• hr4872-119 - To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, and for other purposes. (aka Ending Homelessness Act of 2025)
• hr3086-119 - To restore the fair housing mission of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes. (aka Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by Trump Act of 2025)
• hr3224-119 - To enhance the operations and accountability of international financial institutions, strengthen support for low-income countries, and promote human rights and environmental standards in global financial projects. (aka International Financial Institution Improvements Act of 2025)
• hr4544-119 - To direct certain Federal banking and credit union agencies to promote the formation of de novo regulated institutions through the review of application processes, the review of capital raising by de novo regulated institutions, and the establishment of various outreach programs, and for other purposes. (aka American Access to Banking Act)
• hr4543-119 - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage for certain individual with breast or cervical cancer under the Medicaid program. (aka Medicaid Breast Cancer Access to Treatment Act)
• hr4545-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the provision of certain information with respect to breast reconstruction surgery under the Medicare program. (aka Medicare Breast Reconstruction Access and Information Act)
• hr3573-119 - To establish certain digital asset prohibitions with respect to elected Government officials, and for other purposes. (aka Stop Trading, Retention, and Unfair Market Payoffs in Crypto Act of 2025)
• hr1966-119 - To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to expand and improve maternal health care services, and for other purposes. (aka Mamas and Babies in Underserved Communities Act of 2025)
• hr1759-119 - To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of Parent PLUS loans or loans under section 428B made on behalf of a dependent student to repay such loans pursuant to an income-contingent repayment plan or income-based repayment plan, and for other purposes. (aka Affordable PLUS Repayment Options for Parents Act of 2025)
• hr3422-119 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation to provide educational resources and host events to promote capital raising options for traditionally underrepresented small businesses, and for other purposes. (aka Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act)
• hr4069-119 - To provide downpayment assistance to first-generation homebuyers to address multigenerational inequities in access to homeownership and to narrow and ultimately close the racial homeownership gap in the United States, and for other purposes. (aka Downpayment Toward Equity Act of 2025)
• hr3938-119 - To provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions of higher education, and to prohibit limitations on the ability of students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher education. (aka CLASS Act of 2025)

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.