House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D‑Calif., is under fire for paying her daughter more than $80,000 in cash from her campaign this year and more than $1 million since 2003, according to media reports.
Campaign finance records show the congresswoman’s campaign paid her daughter, Karen Waters, $81,650 in 12 payments over several months during fiscal 2021.
The payments were associated with “slate mailer management” fees and “Get Out the Vote” services. Slate-mailing operations entail hiring a consulting firm to create pamphlets that list candidates and policy measures and then recommend how voters should vote based on the information on the pamphlet.
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