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  1. Maxine Waters gets promotion despite ethics questions

    By Lindsay Young Dec 5, 2012 2:40 p.m.

    Congresswoman Maxine Waters will serve in the top Democratic position in the House Financial Services Committee, despite uncertain ethics, a past Office of Government Ethics (OGE) investigation, and a history of questionable fundraising.

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  2. Maxine Waters exploits FEC rules to raise big bucks from California politicians

    By Lindsay Young Aug 25, 2010 10:37 a.m.

    Longtime Democratic lawmaker Maxine Waters has perfected an unusual tactic for fundraising over the years – getting candidates, including some of California’s most prominent political figures, running for state and local offices, to pay as much as $45,000 for her endorsement on election mailers. In this election cycle alone, Waters has raised 59 percent of her campaign’s treasury through these “slate mailers.”

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  3. Another hole in financial disclosure

    By Bill Allison Mar 12, 2009 6:55 p.m.

    The New York Times report that Rep. Maxine Waters helped arrange a meeting between Treasury officials and the CEO of a bank that her husband may or may not have owned $250,000 worth of stock in:

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