{"id":1768664,"date":"2022-12-09T06:06:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768664"},"modified":"2022-12-09T07:18:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:18:48","slug":"maxine-waters-pays-daughter-another-8k-in-campaign-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-pays-daughter-another-8k-in-campaign-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxine Waters Pays Daughter Another $8k in Campaign Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaxine-waters-pays-daughter-another-8k-in-campaign-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768664&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Democrats&#8217; ties to FTX taint oversight efforts. FOX Business&#8217; Hillary Vaughn with more on the crypto exchange company&#8217;s collapse. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The re-election campaign of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/maxine-waters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Maxine Waters<\/a>, D-Calif., shelled out another $8,000 to her daughter in September, adding to over $1 million the congresswoman has paid her daughter over the past nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Karen Waters and her company, Progressive Connections, have received over $1 million in payments from Rep. Waters\u2019 campaign since 2003 for organizing slate-mailing operations to bolster her mother&#8217;s re-election.<\/p>\n<p>A Federal Election Commission filing Wednesday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00167585&#038;recipient_name=WATERS%2C+KAREN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Citizens for Waters<\/a> shows that the younger Waters received two payments totaling $8,000 from the committee in June for &#8220;slate mailer management fees,&#8221; totaling nearly $50,000 for the year.<\/p>\n<p>Slate-mailing is an uncommon practice in federal elections, where a consulting firm is hired to create a pamphlet of sorts that contains a list of candidates or policy measures, and advises voters how to cast their ballots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/931\/523\/GettyImages-1241477315-1-e1658260209350.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Maxine Waters\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California and chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, attends a hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2022.<\/span><span> (Eric Lee\/Bloomberg via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-house-dems-continue-paying-family-members-thousands-dollars-using-campaign-funds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TOP HOUSE DEMS CONTINUE PAYING FAMILY MEMBERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Waters, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairwoman, was reportedly the only federal politician to use a slate-mailer operation during the 2020 general election.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2004-dec-19-me-waters19-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Times revealed<\/a> that the Waters campaign had shelled out more than $1 million to other family members over the previous eight years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don\u2019t have to answer your questions,&#8221; she told the newspaper at the time. &#8220;We are not bad people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/931\/523\/MAXINE-WATERS-CONGRESS-HEARING-GETTY.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Maxine Waters at congressional hearing\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., was reportedly the only federal politician to use a slate-mailer operation during the 2020 general election.<\/span><span> (Al Drago\/Bloomberg via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Waters&#8217; campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Both Democrats and Republicans have paid relatives with campaign contributions over the years. In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2020\/06\/campaigns-paying-family-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OpenSecrets published a piece<\/a> showing incumbent politicians in Congress on both sides of the aisle lavishing their family members with campaign cash. While it is legal for federal lawmakers to employ family members on campaigns, the practice is generally frowned upon by ethics experts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., also has a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-house-dems-continue-paying-family-members-thousands-dollars-using-campaign-funds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shelling out campaign money<\/a> to his family members, including his daughters and grandson, who received thousands in campaign cash this election cycle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/931\/523\/Jim-Clyburn.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Congressman Jim Clyburn\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., listens to DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, of South Carolina, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, testify during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Nov. 15, 2022.<\/span><span> (Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Caitlin McFall, Houston Keene and\u00a0Joe Schoffstall contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats&#8217; ties to FTX taint oversight efforts. FOX Business&#8217; Hillary Vaughn with more on the crypto exchange company&#8217;s collapse. The re-election campaign of Rep. 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