Maxine Waters
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) faces the press after her appearance on This Week With George Stephanopoulos at the Newseum in Washington DC on Feb 15, 2009. Rep. Waters is a ten term lawmaker from Los Angeles and a senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee. Here she talks about the recently passed $787 billion stimulus plan about to be signed into law by President Obama. (Photo by Jeff Malet)