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Tag: Maxine Waters

AP / Charles Dharapak

Big Banks Get Billions, Waters Gets Busted

By Bill Boyarsky —

Broadway and Central Avenue in the Watts area of South Los Angeles are lined with dozens of small, marginal businesses, but hardly any banks. In a capitalist economy, these are streets without capital, losers in the race to the top.

Posted on Aug 9, 2010 READ MORE | 42 COMMENTS

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Maxine Waters Caught in Triple Ethical Tangle

Rep. Maxine Waters may be in deep ... trouble if she’s found guilty of the trio of ethics charges that a House committee hit her with Monday. The congresswoman apparently plans to contest the violations ... (continued)

Posted on Aug 9, 2010 READ MORE | 2 COMMENTS

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Another Prominent Democrat Faces Ethics Charges

Rep. Maxine Waters, a stalwart progressive voice in the House for nearly 20 years, is defending herself against charges that she improperly intervened to help bail out a bank with ties to her husband. Waters released a statement denying any wrongdoing, saying she was merely working on behalf of minority banks.

Posted on Aug 2, 2010 READ MORE | 28 COMMENTS

AP / Dennis Cook

The Whistle-Blower They Ignored

By Robert Scheer —

There aren’t too many genuine heroes to come out of the banking disaster, but Armando Falcon is one of them—and had he been listened to, a significant part of the housing crisis could have been mitigated.