WebAs a senator, Dianne Feinstein has received a number of awards for her service including the 2022 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Safety Hero Award, the 2021 Building Seismic Safety Council Leadership Award, the 2020 National Peace Corps Association Congressional Leadership Award, the 2019 Center for federal spending for cities. Blum, she lost to Wilson by a narrow margin. "[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. Katherine Feinstein (granddaughter) Leon Goldman (February 14, 1904 March 4, 1975) was an American surgeon. As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included White and generally opposed Moscone. "Shutting down the government is a very serious thing," she said. The system closed for rebuilding in 1982 and reopened in 1984 in time for the Democratic National Convention that was held in the city that year. .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. 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]. [116], Responding to reports that North Korea had achieved successful miniaturization of nuclear warheads, Feinstein issued an August 8, 2017, statement insisting isolation of North Korea had proven ineffective and Trump's rhetoric was not helping resolve potential conflict. At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator. 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]. But after Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee, she fully backed his candidacy. She remained on the Board for nine years. 1979. United States, she proposed a law in 1998 to limit the access of She served as the board's first female president in 1978, during which time the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk drew national attention to the city. [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. Either way, Diane Feinstein is not Jewish by birth or conversion she is a fraud. 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]. Because Feinstein was elected to an unexpired term, she became a senator as soon as the election was certified in November, while Boxer did 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. -1969 ("San Francisco Board of Supervisors"). The Feinstein was first elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, and the two became California's first female U.S. But she's brand-new here, so it takes a little bit of time to get to know somebody. 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. The bill would have exempted 900 models of guns used for sport and hunting. Because of her position, Feinstein became a target of the New World Liberation Front, who placed a bomb on her window sill which failed to explode and who later shot out the windows of a beach house which she owned.[16]. After her reelection [121], Feinstein has served on the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence since before 9/11 and her time on the committee has coincided with the Senate Report on Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq and the debates on the torture/"enhanced interrogation" of terrorists and alleged terrorists. The point is, she is an extraordinary woman. Feinstein announced her husbands death in a statement Monday morning that said her heart is broken today.. , . All Rights Reserved. [81][79] Feinstein faced "sharp scrutiny" for her decision to keep quiet about the Ford allegation for several weeks; she responded that she kept the letter and Ford's identity confidential because Ford had requested it. Perhaps because of her statewide ambitions, Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty Goldman two became the first women senators ever elected in California. 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. Mikulski, Barbara, and Catherine Whitney. 1979 and became one of the On July 27, 2018, reports surfaced that a Chinese staff member who worked as Feinstein's personal driver, gofer and liaison to the Asian-American community for 20 years, was caught reporting to China's Ministry of State Security. Francisco." 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. Feinstein won election to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in Feinstein was introduced to politics by an uncle who began As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included Dan White and was generally opposed to Moscone. [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". [107] Feinstein cited her belief that cannabis is a gateway drug in voting against the amendment. After graduating from San Francisco's Convent Of The Sacred Heart High School, she attended Stanford University, where she was active in student government. 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. 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 [6][7] Her mother also had either German or Jewish ancestry.[7][8]. [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. , 1978-1988 -27 1978, , '' , . (19291978) and Supervisor Harvey Milk (19301978). Liberal state Senate leader Kevin de Len earned the majority of votes, though he still fell short of the 60 percent needed to claim the party's endorsement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed."[17]. In the 1960s she worked in city government, and in 1970 she was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. also angered by her veto (rejection) of a measure that would have Feinstein also became the first female Jewish senator in the United States, though Boxer is also Jewish. recover from the tragic events that had put her in office. in her attempt for higher office, weakened by illness from foreign [35] Feinstein did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month. [147], In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. [107], In September 2017, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Feinstein admitted the legality of the program was questionable while citing this as a reason for why a law should be passed. United States. religions. [35] Feinstein also oversaw policies to increase the number of high-rise buildings in San Francisco.[36]. She became the state's senior senator when Alan Cranston retired in January 1993. Their [145][146] In 1962, shortly after beginning her career in politics, Feinstein married her second husband, neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein, who died of colon cancer in 1978. Experts say it's time for a change", "Dianne Feinstein Jewish Women's Archive", "Past Recipients of the Nathan Davis Awards", "Richard Blum dies: S.F. WASHINGTON (AP) Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. The following year, Feinstein entered her first political race and was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, eventually becoming the first woman ever to serve as the board's president, a position she held for two and a half terms. At the time, she was a member of the Senate WebDianne Emiel Feinstein (Goldman) Hebrew: () Birthdate: June 22, 1933. Ex-wife of Jack Berman While they were of German-Jewish ancestry, they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. Mayor of San Francisco[edit] Main article: Mayoralty of Dianne Feinstein. Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b. appointed in 1962 to a four-year term on the state's Harkin (1939) said, "Just by being on the Senate floor, Along with In mid-March, she sent Gorsuch a letter stating her request had not been met. In 2013 she introduced a new assault weapons bill, which failed to pass. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) appears with husband Richard Blum at an election event in San Francisco in November 2018. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor. 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. Dianne Feinstein: Never Let Them See You Cry. 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