such an important story....needs to be discussed and continuously evaluated....a major shift going on here.....
Elected in November 2002 to her seventh term in the House of Representatives with an overwhelming 77.6 percent of the votes in the 35th District of California, Congresswoman Maxine Waters represents a large part of South Central Los Angeles, the Westchester community and the diverse cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood and Lawndale.
Formerly the Chair of the 39-member Congressional Black Caucus (1997-98), Rep. Waters has held the influential leadership position of Chief Deputy Whip of the Democratic Party since the 106th Congress and was recently named Co-Chair of the powerful House Democratic Steering Committee.
She continues to be a member of the House Committee on Financial Services and the ranking member of its Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. She also continues to serve on the Committee on the Judiciary.
Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is pictured with Jamaican MP Sharon Hay-Webster (L) and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) in Barbados, while en route to Jamaica, March 15, 2004. Aristide left Haiti February 29, insisting that he had been ousted in a U.S. "coup." Haiti's new Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told Reuters that "It's very unfriendly on the part of Jamaica. We cannot accept this," in reference to Jamaica's allowing of Aristide to return to the Caribbean. REUTERS/Amy Goodman/Democracy Now
Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is interviewed by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman (R) while en route to Jamaica on a jet, March 15, 2004. Aristide left Haiti February 29, insisting that he had been ousted in a U.S. "coup." Haiti's new Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told Reuters that "It's very unfriendly on the part of Jamaica. We cannot accept this," in reference to Jamaica's allowing of Aristide to return to the Caribbean. REUTERS/Amy Goodman/Democracy Now