Rep. Waters forms legal defense fund to wage fight against ethics charges -Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has launched an unusually pointed and public defense against charges that she violated House rules. Read more... Date: 2010/09/03
Source: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/117191-waters-forms-legal-defense-fund-to-help-in-her-ethics-battle

Waters recognized as ‘visionary leader’ by NeighborWorks America -Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) was honored late last month by NeighborWorks America at “A Celebration of Visionary Leaders” at the Federal Reserve Bank in Los Angeles. Date: 2010/09/02
Source: http://www.argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2010/09/02/news_-_features/area/a1.txt

Report: Waters charges for campaign mail -WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has charged other candidates thousands of dollars to be on mailers and sample ballots, The Washington Times reported Thursday. Maxine Waters - Washington Times - WASHINGTON - United States - Politics Date: 2010/09/02
Source: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/09/02/Report-Waters-charges-for-campaign-mail/UPI-67951283447517/

Waters family profiting from mailer biz -Rep. Maxine Waters has turned political endorsements into a family business, using federal election laws to charge California candidates and political causes to include their names as her personal picks on a sample ballot, or "slate mailer," she sends to as many as 200,000 South Central Los Angeles voters, records ... Date: 2010/09/02
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/1/waters-mailers-a-family-business/

Waters opens legal defense fund -No donor can give more than $5,000 in a year to the fund, and no registered lobbyists are allowed to donate. Date: 2010/09/03
Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/41764.html

Defecting Black Vote Spells Big Trouble for Democrats -It’s no overstatement to say that Barack Obama would not be president if Latino and especially black voters had not turned the 2008 election into a holy crusade—not an election, in the traditional sense, but a holy crusade. That bears... Date: 2010/09/05
Source: http://newamericamedia.org/2010/09/defecting-black-vote-spells-big-trouble-for-democrats.php

Revived Indiana resorts mirror their gilded pasts -BETSA MARSH/Special Contributor The 200-foot dome is prominent from a back view of West Baden Springs Hotel.Bitter rivals for so long, French Lick and West Baden Springs in the Hoosier countryside now thrive as sister resorts, yoked in a mammoth historic-preservation project. It took $500 million to restore French Lick to grandeur and bring West Baden back from ruin. Date: 2010/09/04
Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/travel/thisweek/stories/090510dntrawestbaden.a2380a.html

She rebuts accusations that she used influence to aid a bank in which her husband had a financial interest. -In her most spirited defense against ethics charges, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) denied Friday that she had used her influence to aid a bank in which her husband has a financial interest, and attacked ethics investigators for drawing the wrong conclusion from her lifetime of work to aid minority-owned businesses. Date: 2010/09/01
Source: http://www.coastlinepilot.com/news/la-na-waters-ethics-20100814,0,3468886.story

Sitting in judgment -To the Editor: I have a problem thinking about Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Maxine Waters, Charlie Rangel and others whose names I’ve forgotten (because there were so many), sitting in judgment of someone who lied about taking steroids, when they lie and deceive us every day.  ...You must be a Premium Member to read the rest of this story read more Date: 2010/09/02
Source: http://www.svherald.com/content/letters-editor/2010/09/02/sitting-judgment

Rep. Bernice Johnson: Profile In What Ails Washington -Congresswoman illustrates how power corrupts in America. Date: 2010/09/03
Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/neilweinberg/2010/09/03/rep-bernice-johnson-profile-in-what-ails-washington/