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    Maxine Waters has a powerful new position. House freshmen such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could make it challenging

    by Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Feb 15, 2019 6 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Rep. Maxine Waters had toiled 28 years in Congress for the moment last month when she presided over the powerful House Financial Services Committee for the first time as its chairwoman - and she wanted to make sure everything was perfect.

    So the Los Angeles Democrat cleared her throat, prepared her notes and adjusted a thin microphone before declaring, "the committee will come to order."

    But after quickly promising a "new agenda" under her leadership, Waters made a subtle move to defuse a potential obstacle to her success - a crop of high-profile, freshmen panel members intent on shaking up the Washington establishment that Waters has navigated to reach her important committee chair.

    Waters took a few minutes at the Jan. 30 meeting to specifically single out the new Democratic committee members, introducing each one by highlighting their backgrounds. She expressed her desire to work with "members on both sides of the aisle on commonsense solutions to benefit

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