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Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters

Democrat
ChamberHouse of RepresentativesStateCAServing since1991

Maxine Waters is a Democrat member of the U.S. House representing CA’s 43rd district since 1991.

Term history

House of Representatives

  1. 2025 – presentCurrent
  2. 2023 – 2025
  3. 2021 – 2023

Ranges reflect service years per chamber; “present” indicates the current term.

Recent bills by topic

See the policy areas this member works on most often, then review recent sponsored and cosponsored bills with summaries and status context.
Includes sponsored + co-sponsored bills
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Votes aligned with party majority

How often this member voted with most members of their party on House roll calls.
Attendance95%
97%
Voted with party majority
Compared across 602 votes • 29 missedUpdated Jul 16, 2026
Compared with House median
-0.7 pts
Alignment percentile
39th percentile
Attendance vs House
-2.8 pts
Attendance percentile
19th percentile
Biggest differences by policy area
Government Operations and Politics-14.0 ptsPublic Lands and Natural Resources-5.6 ptsCrime and Law Enforcement-3.5 pts
Voting with party majority by policy area

Voting activity

Daily voting activity over the last 90 days. Darker squares indicate more votes on that day.
Last 90 days • Updated Jul 16, 2026, 12:45 AM
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Mostly passedMostly failed
Summary
15 active days
50 total votes
Busiest: Jun 3 (9)
Days with votes: 15 • Max/day: 9 • Avg/active day: 3.3

Recent votes

Most recent first
Passed
HR-1181
Roll call 2-240Not voting
Failed
HR-1181
Roll call 2-239Yea
Passed
HR-139
Roll call 2-238Yea
Passed
HR-8897
Roll call 2-235Yea
Passed
HR-3106
Roll call 2-234Yea
Passed
HR-7128
Roll call 2-229Yea
Passed
HR-7757
Roll call 2-228Yea
Passed
HR-2478
Roll call 2-227Yea
Passed
HR-915
Roll call 2-226Yea
Passed
HR-7401
Roll call 2-225Yea
Passed
HR-6644
Roll call 2-224Yea
Passed
S-629
Roll call 2-223Yea
Failed
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Roll call 2-221Nay