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By Larry Margasak
A defiant Maxine Waters disputed charges that she violated House ethics rules and released documents Friday that could undercut the complaint that the 10-term California Democrat sought federal money to bail out a bank where her husband owns stock.
By Kate Linthicum
When the congresswoman entered, the crowd rose up like a congregation on Sunday morning for one, two, then three standing ovations.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D- Los Angeles) stood facing her cheering supporters. She wore a pencil skirt, pearls and a smile that looked curiously triumphant, considering the month she has had.
Rep. Maxine Waters isn't about to play "Let's Make a Deal" with the House ethics committee.
Cop a plea? Not a chance.
Instead, the Los Angeles Democrat is training her fire on the ethics panel, saying the allegations are as thin as the paper on which they're printed — and she contends she'll prove it in an open trial.
BY GARY WALKER
Wireless communications provider T-Mobile has canceled its plans to install a cellular tower in a Westside residential neighborhood following the intervention by Rep Maxine Waters (D-Westchester) and a united opposition against the proposal.