WASHINGTON — Rep. Maxine Waters has been in the headlines recently more as an outspoken critic of the Trump administration than for her banking policy positions on the House Financial Services Committee.
That will likely change as Waters is now viewed as the presumptive chair of the committee after Democrats won back control of the House Tuesday.
That perch could undoubtedly give her a bully pulpit to focus on President Trump’s business dealings or more generally criticize the administration. But observers say a Waters-led panel could also showcase her broad legislative experience, which might mean a more moderate approach and reaching across the aisle on issues ranging from housing finance reform to updating the Community Reinvestment Act.