Waters Charges Spelled Out by House Panel

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Cal)

Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A congressional ethics panel accused California Democrat Maxine Waters of bringing discredit on the House of Representatives by helping get government assistance for a troubled bank in which her husband held stock. After Waters was warned by Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank to refrain from helping OneUnited Bank, she broke three House rules by failing to stop her chief of staff from providing such aid, the committee alleged. Read more here:

Waters Charges Spelled Out by House Panel