Representative · California's 43rd district

Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters is a Democratic representative for California's 43rd district, in Congress since 1991. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 30, and cast 449 of 452 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 1991
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6754.4%30 of 675 · rank 92 of 43999%449 of 452 · rank 104 of 439450 became law9%24 of 267
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2224.1%50 of 1,222 · rank 125 of 44299%819 of 826 · rank 83 of 442360 became law11%30 of 275
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.9%29 of 997 · rank 80 of 443100%559 of 560 · rank 53 of 443380 became law4%11 of 269

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.66+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
  2. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  3. H.R. 471: Fix Our Forests ActYea
    Jan 23, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 279–141· Against party
  4. H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
  5. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
  6. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
  7. H.R. 4665: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Sep 28, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 195–236· Against party
  8. H.R. 4365: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 240–191· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

119 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced10487%
  2. Reported by committee54.2%
  3. Passed one chamber108.4%

Policy areas

  1. Finance and Financial Sector40
  2. Housing and Community Development19
  3. Health16
  4. International Affairs11
  5. Education6
  6. Commerce4
  7. Congress3
  8. Crime and Law Enforcement3

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10640 Urban Health Transformation Act of 2026
    Introduced· Oct 1, 2026
  2. H.R. 10325 To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Sep 16, 2026
  3. H.R. 4544 American Access to Banking Act
    Passed one chamber· Finance and Financial Sector· May 21, 2026
  4. H.R. 8777 GUIDANCE Act of 2026
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· May 13, 2026
  5. H.J.Res. 179 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04: Insufficient Data Protection or Security for Sensitive Consumer Information".
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· May 7, 2026
  6. H.J.Res. 170 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "The Fair Credit Reporting Act's Limited Preemption of State Laws".
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Apr 30, 2026
  7. H.R. 8030 DPA Transparency Act of 2026
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Mar 20, 2026
  8. H.R. 7888 Closing the Enhanced Prudential Standards Loophole Act
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Mar 9, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to California's 43rd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6B
Per resident
$3,569
Rank in California
5 of 52
Contract actions
12K
New awards: 9,427

By fiscal year

  1. 728MFY2017
  2. 882.2MFY2018
  3. 1.1BFY2019
  4. 1.3BFY2020
  5. 1.5BFY2021
  6. 2.3BFY2022
  7. 2.6BFY2023
  8. 3.2BFY2024
  9. 2.4BFY2025
  10. 2.6BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Air Force$1.9B74%
    Department of Defense
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$409.1M16%
  3. Department of the Navy$135.2M5.2%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$101.1M3.9%
    Department of Defense
  5. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$37.6M1.4%
    Department of Homeland Security
  6. Agricultural Marketing Service$25.3M1.0%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$24.5M0.9%
    Department of Defense
  8. Federal Acquisition Service$5.6M0.2%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$2B75%
    47 awards
  2. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$145.5M5.6%
    393 awards
  3. VENTURI ASTROLAB INC$87.6M3.4%
    1 award
  4. CASTELION CORPORATION$85.4M3.3%
    4 awards
  5. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$30.9M1.2%
    1 award
  6. RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC$30.7M1.2%
    32 awards
  7. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$27.5M1.1%
    355 awards
  8. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$26.2M1.0%
    29 awards
  9. GOODMAN FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.$25.3M1.0%
    15 awards
  10. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$22.4M0.9%
    19 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$863.7K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$269.7K
From committees
$453.5K
108 committees
From contractor PACs
$38.5K
8 PACs · 8% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$7,500MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
the bank of the new york mellon corporationthe bank of new york mellon corporation federal pac (bny fedpac)$5,000BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (THE)AI match · 100% · the same organization$39.1M
fair isaac corporationfair isaac corporation political action committee (fico pac)$5,000FAIR ISAAC CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization-$698
national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac)$2,500NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family$2M
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$2,500PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
mizuho americasmizuho americas good government fund (mizuho americas pac)$2,500MIZUHO AMERICA, INC.AI match · 96% · the same organization$78.1K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$863.7K$453.5K$38.5K8 PACs · 8% of committee money
2024$1.1M$491.7K$57.5K17 PACs · 12% of committee money
2022$1.2M$680.7K$95.9K19 PACs · 14% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · California's 43rd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · California's 43rd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · California's 43rd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · California's 43rd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · California's 43rd districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · California's 43rd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · California's 43rd districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · California's 35th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · California's 35th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · California's 35th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  11. House · California's 35th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  12. House · California's 35th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  13. House · California's 35th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  14. House · California's 35th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  15. House · California's 35th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  16. House · California's 35th districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  17. House · California's 35th districtJan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995
  18. House · California's 29th districtJan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
waters.house.gov
Phone
202-225-2201
Office
2221 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.