[87], Following her 2012 vote to extend the Patriot Act and the FISA provisions,[59] and after the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures involving the National Security Agency (NSA), Feinstein promoted and supported measures to continue the information collection programs. , , . election was part of a new women's revolution, since prior to Also in 1984, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and became subject to a recall attempt organized by the White Panther Party. It marked the end of her second marriage, due to her husband's untimely death, and the end of her tenure as board president, when Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Harvey Milk were both assassinated in November. was elected to the Senate, she and Barbara Boxer became the first female , , , . Feinstein was re-elected in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. [136], Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Feinstein was one of 16 female Democratic senators to sign an October 20, 2013, letter endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. problem of balancing the budget in the face of cutbacks in state and 1984. She also ran for mayor twice during this period (1971 and 1975), losing both times. After graduating Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time for the Senate seat to be vacated by Alan Cranston. [101], Feinstein introduced the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which became law in 1994 and expired in 2004. She was given a high-profile speaking role on the opening night of the August Democratic National Convention, urging delegates to reject the Kennedy delegates' proposal to "open" the convention, thereby allowing delegates to ignore their states' popular vote, a proposal that was soundly defeated. [152] In the fall of 2020, following Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death and the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, there was concern about Feinstein's ability to continue performing her job. [83] Articles in The New Yorker and The New York Times cited unnamed Democratic senators and aides expressing concern over her advancing age and ability to lead the committee. [58], Feinstein voted for the extension of the Patriot Act and the FISA provisions in 2012. There is no specific list you can look at and make a judgment: 'Well everything is going to be just fine.' As mayor, Feinstein attempted to calm the political unrest and election (according to a city rule, mayors were limited to two terms). San Francisco, California In 1960, she married Bertram Feinstein, a noted surgeon. As president of the Board of Supervisors upon the death of Mayor Moscone, Feinstein succeeded to the mayoralty on December 4, 1978. As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included White and generally opposed Moscone. all representing a wide range of viewpoints. Early political career[edit] In 1961, Feinstein worked to end housing discrimination in San Francisco. [3], Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban which expired in 2004. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. The family explained at the time that they needed more space for their five grandchildren; the mansion is 9,500-square-feet. [75], After President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in March 2016, Feinstein met with Garland on April 6 and later called on Republicans to do "this institution the credit of sitting down and meeting with him". Best Known For: Dianne Feinstein is a United States senator from California and a former mayor of San Francisco. However, half an hour before the press conference on Women's Board of Paroles. 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. high-powered business and labor leaders on her Fiscal Advisory "[115], During a July 2017 appearance on Face the Nation after North Korea conducted a second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, Feinstein said the country had proven itself a danger to the U.S. She also expressed her disappointment with China's lack of response. Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time to the Senate seat being vacated by Alan Cranston. when she was sixteen. ). police staffing and policies and succeeded in reducing crime rates. She won the recall election and finished her second term as mayor on January 8, 1988. [77] Feinstein formally announced her opposition to his nomination on April 3, citing Gorsuch's "record at the Department of Justice, his tenure on the bench, his appearance before the Senate and his written questions for the record". 3, including Dianne Feinstein. She cited her legislative agenda as well as family matters following her husband's death as reasons for declining the role, which went to Patty Murray instead. fellow Democrat Barbara . In the 1960s, she worked in local government in San Francisco. She recalled later that this was the main factor Dianne Feinstein Biography - life, family, history, school, mother, [113], In September 2016 in advance of UN Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories Feinstein signed an AIPAC-sponsored letter urging Obama to veto "one-sided" resolutions against Israel. Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum. , . Feinstein revealed sensitive details about the hunt for serial killer Richard Ramirez at a 1985 press conference, antagonizing detectives by publicizing details of his crimes known only to law enforcement, and thus jeopardizing their investigation.[38]. "She Gives Her Heart to San then married Bertram Feinstein, a noted surgeon. , . [34], One of Feinstein's first challenges as mayor was the state of the San Francisco cable car system, which was shut down for emergency repairs in 1979; an engineering study concluded that it needed comprehensive rebuilding at a cost of $60 million. Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. recover from the tragic events that had put her in office. Becoming acting mayor of San Francisco when the sitting mayor was shot and killed in 1978, she ran for the job the following year and won, holding the post until 1988. 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. At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator and member of Congress. On November 27, 1978, San Francisco mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by a rival politician, Dan White, who had resigned from the Board of Supervisors only two weeks prior. [147], In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. In 1992, Feinstein was fined $190,000 for failure to properly report campaign contributions and expenditures in that campaign.[39]. 20072009 , 20092015 . In 1985, at a press conference, Feinstein revealed details about the hunt for serial killer Richard Ramrez, and in so doing angered detectives by giving away details of his crimes.[20]. [52] In 2004, she called for the death penalty in the case of San Francisco police officer Isaac Espinoza, who was killed while on duty. In 1990 Feinstein ran for governor of California against Republican 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. [60] She has voted to regulate tobacco as a drug; expand the Children's Health Insurance Program; override the president's veto of adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility; increase Medicaid rebate for producing generic drugs; negotiate bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drugs; allow re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada; allow patients to sue HMOs and collect punitive damages; cover prescription drugs under Medicare, and means-test Medicare. Blum died Sunday. Here is what we are proposing. -1992, 190,000 [1]. [8] Upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement in January 2017, Feinstein became the longest-tenured female U.S. senator currently serving. [36], She chaired the United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, and acted as mistress of ceremonies, introducing each participant at the 2009 presidential inauguration.[37]. 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. [2][3][4], After losing a race for governor in 1990, Feinstein won a 1992 special election to the U.S. Feinstein has been re-elected four times since then and in the 2012 election, she claimed the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, having received 7.75 million votes. Military assault weapons only have one purpose, and in my opinion, it's for the military. Feinstein first became acting mayor (San Francisco's first female mayor), then was elected the following year and remained mayor until 1988. In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. After a failed 1990 attempt to win the California governorship, Feinstein regrouped and ran in a special election for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1992. -1994. -1933 , , , , , , . Roberts, Jerry. 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". , , : -1971 ' , -1975, ( '' ) ' '. Feinstein then decided to make the announcement that her political In October 2013, she said she stood by that. 2005, " "[3]. extended medical and welfare benefits to partners in same-sex couples [82], Feinstein announced she would step down from her position on the Judiciary Committee after pressure from progressives due to her performance at the Supreme Court nomination hearings of Justice Amy Coney Barrett in October 2020. Feinstein formerly chaired the Senate Rules Committee (200709) and has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. [96][97][98][99], In 2020, Feinstein co sponsored the EARN IT act, which seeks to create a 19-member committee to decide a list of best practices websites must follow to be protected by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. But after Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee, she fully backed his candidacy. Family. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. In a tweet following the confrontation, Feinstein said that she remains committed "to enact real, meaningful climate change legislation. She said there was no cause for concern and that she had no plans to leave the Senate. Feb. 28 (UPI) --Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband Richard Blum died Sunday at the family's California home after an extended battle with cancer.He was 86. Birthplace: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States. In mid-March, she sent Gorsuch a letter stating her request had not been met. 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