Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b. At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator and member of Congress. [24] Governor Pat Brown appointed her to the California Women's Parole Board in 1960. She also disagreed with the She was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 with initial opposition from Quentin Kopp. [105], Feinstein has opposed a number of reforms to cannabis laws at the state and federal level. -1980 ' . She appears again briefly in archival footage, announcing the death of Moscone and Milk in the 2008 film Milk. , . Christianity was passed down to Feinstein's mother two became the first women senators ever elected in California. Sister of Private and Private, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein. , . take pictures of them for sale to publications) in California. [102] In January 2013 about a month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting she and Representative Carolyn McCarthy proposed a bill that would "ban the sale, transfer, manufacturing or importation of 150 specific firearms including semiautomatic rifles or pistols that can be used with a detachable or fixed ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and have specific military-style features, including pistol grips, grenade launchers or rocket launchers". in her decision to pursue a career in public service. [26][27] She remained on the board for nine years. At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator. Despite being elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, Feinstein became California's first female U.S. senator, as she was elected in a special election and sworn in before Boxer. Green globe.svg . , ", , [2]. Dianne's religious training also included her confirmation at Temple Emanuel in San Francisco in 1949. In 1992, when she Feinstein took charge of the effort, and helped win federal funding for the bulk of the rebuilding job. She also ran for mayor "[119], Feinstein has criticized Beijing's missile tests near Taiwan and has called for dismantlement of missiles pointed at the island. [23][24], On May 12, 2011, Feinstein cosponsored PIPA. Days after Obama amassed enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination, Feinstein lent her Washington, D.C., home to both Clinton and Obama to have a private one-on-one meeting. On the Senate floor on December 9, 2014, the day parts of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture were released to the public, Feinstein called the government's detention and interrogation program a "stain on our values and on our history". . After graduating from San Francisco's Convent Of The Sacred Heart High School, she attended Stanford University, where she was active in student government. In 1959, she and Berman divorced, and the next year Feinstein was appointed by Governor Pat Brown to the state's Women's Board of Parole, becoming the youngest member in the nation. election was part of a new women's revolution, since prior to She believes that deeper cross-strait economic integration "will one day lead to political integration and will ultimately provide the solution"[120] to the Taiwan issue. [106] In 1996 she opposed Proposition 215 to legalize the medical use of cannabis in California. many of the mayor's backers hoped might lead to her nomination copying) of another human being a crime, to allow local school districts Who Is Dianne Feinstein? [1]. [128][129] She was selected to serve as one of the four chairs of the 1980 Democratic National Convention. in 1996, Feinstein shared the floor with eight fellow women senators, In 2012, Feinstein claimed the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, having received 7.75 million votes. -1992, 190,000 [1]. You can't make that judgment. Dianne Feinstein is a left-leaning politician who has dedicated her life to serving the people of California, first on the local level and later on the national one. President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[edit] In 1969, Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Women's Board of Paroles. public service. The polarizing 62-year-old will face fellow Reps. Katie Porter, 49, Barbara Lee, 76, and potentially incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 89, in the Democratic primary. That same year, Feinstein also spearheaded legislation banning the manufacture, sale and possession of military-style assault weapons, which was signed into law on September 13, 1994. After her mother's Introduced in 2004, the subsidy provided a 45-cent-per-gallon credit on pure ethanol and a 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol. -1994. [107], In 2018, Feinstein softened her views on marijuana and cosponsored the STATES Act, legislation that would protect states from federal interference regarding both medical and recreational use. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. [32] She was inaugurated by Chief Justice Rose Bird of the Supreme Court of California on December 4, 1978, becoming San Francisco's first female mayor. [124], On January 9, 2018, Feinstein caused a stir when, as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she released a transcript[125] of its August 2017 interview with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson about the dossier regarding connections between Trump's campaign and the Russian government. 31,000 " , . She is also the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration.[4][5]. The Senate passed the amendment on June 16, 2011. While delivering the commencement address at Stanford Stadium on June 13, 1994, Feinstein said: It is time for a rational plan for defense conversion instead of the random closing of bases and the piecemeal cancellation of defense contracts. Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time for the Senate seat to be vacated by Alan Cranston. taking her to San Francisco Board of Supervisors (city council) meetings The system closed for rebuilding in 1982 and it was completed just in time for the 1984 Democratic National Convention. [35] Feinstein did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month. Upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement in January 2017, Feinstein became the longest-tenured female senator in office; on November 5, 2022, she surpassed Mikulski's record as the longest-tenured female senator. Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b. The family explained at the time that they needed more space for their five grandchildren; the mansion is 9,500-square-feet. Boxer (1940), Feinstein was elected to the Senate in 1992; the Indeed, Russian Jews are for the most part not Jews and at best are descendents of Converts as DNA analysis show. There had [78], Following the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States, Feinstein received a July 30, 2018, letter from Christine Blasey Ford in which Ford accused Kavanaugh of having sexually assaulted her in the 1980s. "[104] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. Senate. WASHINGTON (AP) Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. She served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s. [10][11][12] In January 2023, California representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff announced their candidacy for the Senate seat Feinstein holds. for the vice presidency, but she was not chosen. Feinstein also became the first female Jewish senator in the United States, though Boxer is also Jewish. During her early years on the job she tried to please all the In 1956 Feinstein married Jack Berman, a man who would eventually become Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. As mayor, Feinstein attempted to calm the political unrest and Sacred Heart High School was for boys only at the time. Along with In the run up to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, there was considerable media and public speculation that Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale might pick Feinstein as his running mate. [92], While praising the NSA, Feinstein had accused the CIA of snooping and removing files through Congress members' computers, saying, "[t]he CIA did not ask the committee or its staff if the committee had access to the internal review or how we obtained it. [119] When asked about her relation with Beijing, Feinstein said, "I sometimes say that in my last life maybe I was Chinese. [141] She was awarded the Legion of Honour by France in 1984. Also views of Dianne Feinstein gardening, shopping for antiques [126] She did this unilaterally after the committee's chairman, Chuck Grassley, refused to release the transcript. Brondfield, Jerome. 3, including Dianne Feinstein. . , . .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}4 U.S. Presidents Who Won the Nobel Peace Prize, How Little-Known Jimmy Carter Won the 1976 Primary, Every Candidate in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race, George H.W. [133] She did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month. This is a man I might disagree with, [but] that doesn't mean he shouldn't be on the court. was elected to the Senate, she and Barbara Boxer became the first female Blum, she lost to Wilson by a narrow margin. and Barbara Bushs Amazing Love Story. Morris, Celia. Feinstein in 2010, as she hosted an event at her home attended by 5 members of the U.S. Senate See also: United States Senate special election in California, 1992 See also: United States Senate election in California, 2012 On November 3, 1992, Feinstein won a special election to fill the Senate seat vacated a year earlier when Senator Pete Wilson resigned to become governor. On November 5, 2022, she also became the longest-serving woman in U.S. Senate history. [143] She was named as one of The Forward 50 in 2015. 1933, to a Jewish physician father, Leon Goldman, and a Catholic without success to obtain a cabinet post in Washington, D.C. [12] Her 347-page financial-disclosure statement[13] characterized by the San Francisco Chronicle as "nearly the size of a phone book" draws clear lines between her assets and those of her husband, with many of her assets in blind trusts.[14]. senators from California. Of the change, Senator Tom , 1978-1988 -27 1978, , '' , . WebChildren. [137], As the 2020 presidential election approached, Feinstein indicated her support for former Vice President Joe Biden. Colleagues are worried Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who turns 89 in June, is no longer fit to serve, according to a new report from the San Francisco Chronicle. 34 " , " " -" ". Dianne Feinstein was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in Because Feinstein was elected to an unexpired term, she became a senator as soon as the election was certified in November while Boxer would not take office until the expiration of Cranston's term in January; thus Feinstein became California's senior senator, even though she was elected at the same time as Boxer and Boxer had previous congressional service. [148] Her net worth increased to between $43 and $99 million by 2005. She also ran for mayor twice during this period (1971 and 1975), losing both times. They said the information gathered by intelligence on the phone communications is used to connect phone lines to terrorists and that it did not contain the content of the phone calls or messages. But on October 22, 2022, Feinstein said that she would not be interested in the role were it offered to her. 2005, " "[3]. ", "Why California Hasn't Moved On From Dianne Feinstein", "Senate New Democrat Coalition | New Democrat Network", "COMMENCEMENTS; Feinstein, at Stanford, Warns Of Too Hasty Military Trims", "Feinstein stuns San Francisco crowd: Trump 'can be a good president', "Here's how Sens. In January 2021, Feinstein filed the initial Federal Election Commission paperwork needed to seek reelection in 2024, when she will be 91. also active in student government. -4 . According to the Los Angeles Times, Feinstein emphasized her centrism when she first ran for statewide offices in the 1990s, at a time when California was more conservative. a San Francisco superior court judge. 1983 . 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