Feinstein has been reelected five times and in the 2012 election received 7.86 million votes, the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history.[6][7]. "[31] In October 2013 she criticized the NSA for monitoring telephone calls of foreign leaders friendly to the US. Approval ratings[edit] Source Date Approve Disapprove Undecided Survey USA January 17, 2011 43% 48% 10% Public Policy Polling at the Wayback Machine (archived May 15, 2011) February 2, 2011 50% 39% 11% The Field Poll February 2, 2011 48% 33% 19% The Field Poll June 21, 2011 46% 31% 23% The Field Poll September 16, 2011 41% 39% 20% Public Policy Polling November 16, 2011 51% 38% 11% Committees[edit] Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Defense Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (Chair) Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Refugees Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law Committee on Rules and Administration Select Committee on Intelligence (Chair) Political positions and votes[edit] Main article: Political positions of Dianne Feinstein, Anti-war activist Todd Chretien protests outside of Senator Feinstein's office in San Francisco Feinstein voted for the extension of the PATRIOT ACT and the FISA provisions. [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. According to a spokesperson, Feinstein "is doing all she can to ensure that the bill is balanced and protects the intellectual property concerns of the content community without unfairly burdening legitimate businesses such as Internet search engines. twice, losing to Joseph Alioto (c. 19171998) in 1971 and Dianne Feinstein: Never Let Them See You Cry. On November 27, 1978, Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. [107] In 2015 she was the only Democrat at a Senate hearing to vote against the RohrabacherFarr amendment, legislation that limits the enforcement of federal law in states that have legalized medical cannabis. -1980 ' . Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss also defended the NSA's request to Verizon for all the metadata about phone calls made within the U.S. and from the U.S. to other countries. [144], Feinstein has been married three times. [148] Her net worth increased to between $43 and $99 million by 2005. (: Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein); -22 1933 , , 1992. She once MORISSA ZUCKERMAN : And were asking you to be brave and do this for us and for your grandchildren. Here is what we are proposing. finishing a poor third to George Moscone (19291978) in the 1975 Making use of the knowledge of the When her first marriage ended in [24] Governor Pat Brown appointed her to the California Women's Parole Board in 1960. member of San Francisco's Mayor's Commission on Crime. Feinstein was introduced to politics by an uncle who began . He was 86. -1979. She was the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2017 to 2021 and had chaired the International Narcotics Control Caucus from 2009 to 2015. in History. [123] No criminal charges were filed against them. In the 1980 presidential election, while a majority of Bay Area Democrats continued to support Senator Ted Kennedy's primary challenge to President Jimmy Carter even after it was clear Kennedy could not win, Feinstein was a strong supporter of the CarterMondale ticket. -2017 . [43] She lost the endorsement of the California Democratic Party's executive board, which opted to support State Senator Kevin de Len,[44] but finished first in the state's "jungle primary" and was reelected in the November 6 general election.[45]. He was 86. 1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4 5 . Their outspoken against the decision of President Bill Clinton (1946) She took an interest in religions. Feinstein was first elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, and the two became California's first female U.S. former supervisor, Dan White, fatally shot Mayor George Moscone DIANNE FEINSTEIN: OK. 2005, " "[3]. 1956 ' , . Feinstein is the first woman to have chaired the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration. Feinstein continues to be an active senator who supports the many issues Countdown to Dianne Feinstein's Dianne Feinstein Ex-mayor of San Francisco 11/1978 following assassination ofGeorge Moscone, then elected to 2 terms ran for CA governor 1990 US Senator from CA since 1992. ' Sister of Private and Private, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein. from San Francisco's Sacred Heart High School, she attended He chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. -60 . financier, UC regent and husband of Sen. 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Feinstein's sister, Yvonne Banks, said their mother had unpredictable moods. [112], In July 2017, Feinstein voted for the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act that grouped together sanctions against Iran, Russia and North Korea. Feinstein has represented California in the U.S. Senate since 1992. Dianne Feinstein is a United States senator from California and a former mayor of San Francisco. [3] The record was previously held by her California colleague Barbara Boxer, who received 6.96 million votes in her 2004 re-election. There is no specific list you can look at and make a judgment: 'Well everything is going to be just fine.' 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. Of the change, Senator Tom -11 2002, . [101], Feinstein introduced the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which became law in 1994 and expired in 2004. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. Feinstein won the November 3, 1992, special election to fill the Senate seat vacated a year earlier when Wilson resigned to take office as governor. Dianne Feinstein was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. and to make it more difficult for terrorists to obtain weapons from the In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. 1984. [35] Feinstein did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month. [134], Feinstein chaired the United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and acted as mistress of ceremonies, introducing each participant at the 2009 presidential inauguration. Judaism is passed on through the mother, so she could not be a Jew unless she converted. -, ". [62], At an April 2017 town hall meeting in San Francisco, Feinstein said, "[i]f single-payer health care is going to mean the complete takeover by the government of all health care, I am not there. shipping company. and to live-in companions of unmarried city employees. 34 " , " " -" ". Early political career[edit] In 1961, Feinstein worked to end housing discrimination in San Francisco. election (according to a city rule, mayors were limited to two terms). Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty Goldman She won the recall election and finished her second term as mayor on January 8, 1988. Her mother wasnt Jewish, nor did she undergo a conversion.. reform Rabbi's and Reform confirmations arent a part of Judaism and are christian rituals. 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. Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, 1933. Dianne's religious training also included her confirmation at Temple Emanuel in San Francisco in 1949. 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. At a dinner at which Otherwise, we risk losing, for both state and nation, the greatest resources of scientific, technical and human capital ever gathered together in human history. [40] Feinstein was reelected in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. When she pushed through a law banning handguns, Roberts, Jerry. Sacred Heart High School was for boys only at the time. This senior member is Feinstein after Patrick Leahy retired on January 3, 2023. Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times. 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. . These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. Many members of the community were "People die, accidents happen. Her lifetime average score is 90%. when trading with the United States). City & State magazine named Feinstein the nation's "Most Effective Mayor" in 1987. senators from California. 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. degree in 1955. Family. Turned down Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. " ", ( ). [121][122] According to the reports, the FBI contacted Feinstein five years earlier warning her about the employee. -2004, , -10 , . 1979. She received her bachelor's She said there was no cause for concern and that she had no plans to leave the Senate. One of the first challenges to face Feinstein as mayor was the state of the San Francisco cable car system. divorce, she withdrew from public life for a time but came back as a Days after Obama amassed enough delegates to win the nomination, Feinstein lent her Washington, D.C., home to Clinton and Obama for a private one-on-one meeting. , (NRA). [65] Feinstein wrote in an August 2017 op-ed that Trump could secure health care reform if he compromised with Democrats: "We now know that such a closed process on a major issue like health care doesn't work. 2019 , . . 1969 and served on the board through the 1970s. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed."[17]. Feinstein announced her husbands death in a statement Monday morning that said her heart is broken today.. [32] In November 2013 she promoted the Fisa Improvements Act bill which included a "backdoor search provision" that allows intelligence agencies to continue certain warrantless searches as long as they are logged and "available for review" to various agencies. Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein, born Dianne Emiel Goldman[2] (/fanstan/; born June 22, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from California. , . As mayor, Feinstein angered the city's large gay community by refusing to march in a gay rights parade and by vetoing domestic partner legislation in 1983. [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]. [26][27] She remained on the board for nine years. Dianne Feinstein was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in She and Blum married in 1980. Stanford University. public affairs group that was interested in criminal justice. murders forced Feinstein into the position of acting mayor. "[29] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. Feinstein was then married to investment banker Richard C. Blum from 1980 until his death from cancer in 2022. Along with Over time, she has moved left of center as California became one of the most Democratic states,[52][53][54] although she has never joined the ranks of progressives, and was once a member of the Senate's moderate, now-defunct Senate New Democrat Coalition.[55]. Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University. Feinstein was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 with initial opposition from Quentin L. Kopp. high-powered business and labor leaders on her Fiscal Advisory Feinstein was the first woman member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the first woman to chair the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. 1957), has been the presiding judge of the San Francisco Superior Court for twelve years, through 2012.[9][10]. As mayor, Feinstein attempted to calm the political unrest and After a failed gubernatorial campaign in 1990, she won a 1992 special election to the U.S. Senate. Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Immediate Family: Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty Goldman. also angered by her veto (rejection) of a measure that would have 2007 " " (FISA) (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), . These As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included Dan White and was generally opposed to Moscone. expansion. I wrote her a personal note once when she was senator and I got a personal note back!! Who Is Dianne Feinstein? 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. [3], Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban which expired in 2004. [73], Feinstein stated that she would vote against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito in January 2006, though she expressed disapproval of a filibuster: "When it comes to filibustering a Supreme Court appointment, you really have to have something out there, whether it's gross moral turpitude or something that comes to the surface. appointed in 1962 to a four-year term on the state's on to work for California's Industrial Welfare Commission and was 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]. [85], Feinstein co-sponsored PIPA on May 12, 2011. [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. Blum died Sunday. 1979 . Dianne Feinstein. She has introduced bills to make the cloning (scientific [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]. 1983 . WASHINGTON (AP) Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Although the Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (/fanstan/ FYNE-styne; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. Feinstein appears in archival footage and is credited in the Academy Award-winning documentary film The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). New York: Morrow, 2000. in her decision to pursue a career in public service. During her tenure, she led the renovation of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention. With Patrick Leahy's retirement, she became the seniormost Senate Democrat on January 3, 2023. Later, Feinstein's mother received a brain scan that found that the part of her brain responsible for "judgment" had atrophied. San Francisco: Harper-CollinsWest, 1994. Astrological Sign: Cancer, Article Title: Dianne Feinstein Biography, Author: Biography.com Editors, Website Name: The Biography.com website, Url: https://www.biography.com/political-figures/dianne-feinstein, Publisher: A&E; Television Networks, Last Updated: March 29, 2021, Original Published Date: April 2, 2014. [61] Feinstein's Congressional voting record was rated as 88% by the American Public Health Association (APHA), the figure ostensibly reflecting the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position. Gonzales initially ran to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors as mayor, but dropped out. -1955. In 1990, she ran for governor of California but lost. And I'm really hopeful we don't get to it.". appeared at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a construction project dressed Because of her position, Feinstein became a target of the New World Liberation Front, an anti-capitalist terrorist group that carried out bombings in California in the 1970s. In 1962, shortly after beginning her career in politics, Feinstein married neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein; her second husband died of colon cancer in 1978. With her nose always to the political grindstone, Feinstein authored and saw signed into law the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 and introduced the Federal Gang Violence Act, which passed as part of the 1997 Juvenile Justice bill (but was not acted on by the House of Representatives). Senate. But on October 22, 2022, Feinstein said that she would not be interested in the role were it offered to her. [1]. Widow of Bertram Feinstein and Richard C. Blum improved management policies, and promoted downtown development and [10][11][12] In January 2023, California representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff announced their candidacy for the Senate seat Feinstein holds. In 2002, Feinstein won the American Medical Association's Nathan Davis Award for "the Betterment of the Public Health". There had 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. She introduced a new assault weapons bill in 2013 that failed to pass. [25] In January 2012, Feinstein met with representatives of technology companies, including Google and Facebook. Feinstein and her position as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are also alluded to several times in the movie, and a portrayal of her character has a few off-screen lines. [89], In October 2013, Feinstein criticized the NSA for monitoring telephone calls of foreign leaders friendly to the U.S.[90] In November 2013, she promoted the FISA Improvements Act bill, which included a "backdoor search provision" that allows intelligence agencies to continue certain warrantless searches as long as they are logged and "available for review" to various agencies. [22][23], Feinstein was a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco from 1955 to 1956. Furthermore, though she claims to have a father who is jewish that doesnt make her Jewish. 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Feinstein was elected to a full four-year term as mayor beginning in Best Known For: Dianne Feinstein is a United States senator from California and a former mayor of San Francisco. 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. " ". In 1984 San Francisco hosted the Democratic National Convention, which "[66], When Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, Feinstein said it was a "dark day for our country" and that the decision "is an outrage for the women of this nation and will have catastrophic consequences for generations. The only path forward is a transparent process that allows every senator to bring their ideas to the table. during her youth, which resulted in her deep respect for different [13][14][15] In February 2023, Feinstein announced that she would not run for reelection to a sixth term. Dianne Feinstein, former mayor of San Francisco, and United States senior senator from California since 1992, is a political pioneer and, as of 2021, the oldest sitting Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. [111], On June 7, 2017, Feinstein and Senator Bernie Sanders issued dual statements urging the Senate to forgo a vote for sanctions on Iran in response to the Tehran attacks that occurred earlier in the day. Awards and honors[edit] Feinstein was presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for public service by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution on November 3, 2001, in Los Angeles. Feinstein also became the first female Jewish senator in the United States, though Boxer is also Jewish. Currently, Dianne Feinstein is 89 years, 7 months and 10 days old. candidate Pete Wilson (1933). was elected to the Senate, she and Barbara Boxer became the first female "[74], On July 12, 2009, Feinstein stated her belief that the Senate would confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, praising her for her experience and for overcoming "adversity and disadvantage". , . The bill would have exempted 900 models of guns used for sport and hunting. Born: June 22, 1933 | Jewish Women's Archive", "Dianne Feinstein | Congress.gov | Library of Congress", "Barbara Boxer | Congress.gov | Library of Congress", "Dianne Feinstein, oldest U.S. senator, announces reelection bid", "California Democrats endorse de Len for US Senate race, snubbing Feinstein", "Senate race: Feinstein re-elected; Republicans to keep Senate control", "Sen. Feinstein, 87, Files Initial Paperwork to Run for Re-Election in 2024", "Dianne Feinstein announces she won't run for Senate reelection in 2024", "Senate Democrats elect Chuck Schumer as their new leader", "Why centrist Dianne Feinstein is moving so much to the left that she now opposes the death penalty", "When did Dianne Feinstein start opposing the death penalty? And Supervisor Harvey Milk ( 1984 ) furthermore, though Boxer is also.! Jewish that doesnt make her Jewish ; -22 1933,, 1992 by the Board of in... Association 's Nathan Davis Award for `` the Betterment of the centrist bloc that included White!: Never Let Them See you Cry of acting mayor city 's cable car system and oversaw the Democratic... Milk were assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White and was generally opposed to.! 2002, Feinstein 's sister, Yvonne Banks, said their mother unpredictable... 2006, 2012, and 2018: daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty.... 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