Maxine Waters
- Previous profession
- Teacher
- First public office
- 1976Member, California State Assembly, 1976 to 1990
- Years in public office
- 49
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Waters has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
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The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Waters is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Waters votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Waters votes Yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Waters votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.
Waters votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Waters votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 23, and did not vote on 1.
Waters votes differently from most House Democrats on 3 of 56 Yes and No votes: No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026, No on the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 and No on the HALT Fentanyl Act.
Waters did not vote on Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, the law that cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants and the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention.
Votes on laws that passed
Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.
Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
Lets farmers and ranchers get emergency conservation money up front after a disaster, instead of paying first and waiting for reimbursement.
A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.
Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.
Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.
Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.
Renews the Congressional Award program, which recognizes young people for service and achievement.
When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.
Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.
Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.
Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.
Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.
Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.
Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.
Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.
Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.
Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
What this member says about laws and orders
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Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $14,181,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e CA City of Compto Willowbrook-C Replacement PEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| Los Angeles International Airport Police Department (LAXPD) | Public Law 119-74 | LAXPD Vehicle Fleet, Upgrades, & EquipmentDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $963,000 |
| City of Gardena | Public Law 119-74 | Gardena Juvenile Justice & Intervention Project (GJJIP)DOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $550,000 |
| Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science | Public Law 119-74 | Charles Drew University Safety and Security Enhancement ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $445,000 |
| Interoperability Network of the South Bay (INSB) | Public Law 119-74 | INSB Interoperability Upgrade ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Partnership for Los Angeles Schools | Public Law 119-74 | INVEST IN AMERICA'S FUTURE: Expand Math Excellence & STEM AccessNASA · SSMS | None printed | $600,000 |
| CA | Public Law 119-75 | Lawndale's Hawthorne Boulevard Rehabilitation ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | CA | $850,000 |
| Los Angeles County Department of Public Works | Public Law 119-75 | Link Willowbrook and King Medical Center Shuttle Zero Emission Bus ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | CA | $850,000 |
| Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) | Public Law 119-75 | HACLA Digital Equity & Infrastructure Renewal for South LA Public HousingDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $3,150,000 |
| City of Gardena | Public Law 119-75 | Mas Fukai Park Renovation ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $1,000,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hawthorne | Public Law 119-75 | Hawthorne Civic Park Development and ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
| City of Torrance | Public Law 119-75 | Torrance Community Parks Accessibility ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
| Compton Community College | Public Law 119-75 | Compton College Facilities ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $1,200,000 |
| City of Compton | Public Law 119-75 | Compton Public Works Corp Yard RehabilitationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
| City of Los Angeles | Public Law 119-75 | Algin Sutton Restroom Replacement ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $500,000 |
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Reported stock trades
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