Tensions rise between Waters, House Republicans over hearing

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House Republicans are crying foul over the conduct of House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., during a Thursday hearing with bank regulators.

Waters ended the hearing abruptly at 1:30 p.m., gaveling out while her Republican counterpart, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., and Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., tried to ask the chairwoman if the panel would stay past the end time Waters said her staff had negotiated with the regulators who attended.

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