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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. gestures during her news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, to discuss the House ethics committee investigation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., arrives for her news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, to discuss the House ethics committee investigation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., pauses on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, during her news conference to discuss the House ethics committee investigation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., right, during her news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, to discuss the House ethics committee investigation. On the left looking on is her Chief of Staff Mikael Moore. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is silhouetted as she presents a powerpoint presentation during her news conference with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, to discuss the House ethics committee investigation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. gestures for photographers to move during her news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, to discuss the House ethics committee investigation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., walks away following her news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, to discuss the House ethics committee investigation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS SPOILING FOR A FIGHT: Rep. Maxine Waters asked the House ethics committee to make public the 10-page "statement of alleged violation" against her.

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Associated Press CHALLENGING CHARGES: Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, says she "simply will not be forced to admit to something I did not do."

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** FILE ** Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington in October 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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** FILE ** U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at the Ronald Reagan Building, July 21, 2010, in Washington, D.C. Also pictured (L-R) are Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). (UPI/Win McNamee/Pool)

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U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act before (L-R) Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) at the Ronald Reagan Building July 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. The bill is the strongest financial reform legislation since the Great Depression and also creates a consumer protection bureau that oversees banks on mortgage lending and credit card practices UPI/Win McNamee/Pool