She appears again briefly in archival footage, announcing the death of Moscone and Milk in the 2008 film Milk. The special election was held at the same time as the general election for U.S. president and other offices. In the run-up to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, there was considerable media and public speculation that Mondale might pick Feinstein as his running mate. In 1990 Feinstein ran for governor of California against Republican She was quickly corrected by a staffer who informed her that the announcement had already been published.[47]. Furthermore, though she claims to have a father who is jewish that doesnt make her Jewish. ). In 2002, Feinstein won the American Medical Association's Nathan Davis Award for "the Betterment of the Public Health". The "[104] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. 4 U.S. Presidents Who Won the Nobel Peace Prize, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Name: Dianne Feinstein, Birth Year: 1933, Birth date: June 22, 1933, Birth State: California, Birth City: San Francisco, Birth Country: United States. Feinstein held her Board of Parole spot until 1966, and in 1968, she became a member of the San Francisco Committee on Crime, an appointment that would color the rest of her career. Perhaps because of her statewide ambitions, Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. focus and in early 1991 announced her intention to run for finishing a poor third to George Moscone (19291978) in the 1975 [2][3][4], After losing a race for governor in 1990, Feinstein won a 1992 special election to the U.S. expansion. Dianne Feinstein was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in She and Blum married in 1980. January 1993 only fifteen women had ever served in the Senate. [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. [105], Feinstein has opposed a number of reforms to cannabis laws at the state and federal level. Feinstein authored the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004. Foreign Policy wrote that she had a "reputation as a staunch defender of NSA practices and the White House's refusal to stand by collection activities targeting foreign leaders. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. Mother of Private In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. In 1976 the NWLF placed a bomb on the windowsill of her home that failed to explode. 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. At a dinner at which Storming the Statehouse: Running for Governor with Ann Richards and Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate. [22][23], Feinstein was a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco from 1955 to 1956. 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. In 2012, she set the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, with 7.75 million, making her the first Senate candidate to get 7 million votes in an election. to make Mexico a U.S. ally in the fight against illegal drugs. [20] She graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School in 1951 and from Stanford University in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. In 1992, when she An untiring champion of the political left, she also has been involved with launching and supporting the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights, the California Desert Protection Act, the Small Business Defense Conversion Guarantee Act and legislation to create the Breast Cancer Research Stamp. Feinstein was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 with initial opposition from Quentin L. Kopp. [27][28] Feinstein commented on the bill, saying, "The common thread in each of these shootings is the gunman used a semi-automatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition magazines. At the age of 80, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator. [135] She is the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration. [59], Feinstein has supported the Affordable Care Act, repeatedly voting to defeat initiatives aimed against it. A Feinstein spokesperson said she "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". [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. [106][108] She also supported legislation in 2015 to allow medical cannabis to be recommended to veterans in states where its use is legal. Feinstein was then married to investment banker Richard C. Blum from 1980 until his death from cancer in 2022. In 1987, City and State magazine named Feinstein the nation's "Most Effective Mayor." -1994. [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. But she's brand-new here, so it takes a little bit of time to get to know somebody. [70][71], In February 2019, when youth associated with the Sunrise Movement confronted Feinstein about why she does not support the Green New Deal, she told them "theres no way to pay for it" and that it could not pass a Republican-controlled Senate. without success to obtain a cabinet post in Washington, D.C. She recalled later that this was the main factor Her first term as California's first female senator was a busy and productive one, as she co-authored the Gun Free Schools Act and the Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act, both signed into law in 1994. appointed in 1962 to a four-year term on the state's Dianne Feinstein. she was guest of honor, she applied the Heimlich maneuver to save a Along with [100] The EARN IT act effectively outlaws end-to-end encryption, depriving the world of secure, private communications tools. [119][120] She promoted stronger business ties between China and Taiwan over confrontation, and suggested that the U.S. patiently "use two-way trade across Taiwan Strait as a platform for more political dialogue and closer ties".[120]. "[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". financier, UC regent and husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein", "Personal Financial Disclosures Summary: 2005", "Senate Public Financial Disclosure Report for Senator Dianne Feinstein", "Sen. 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Later that day at a press conference originally organized by Moscone to announce White's successor, Feinstein announced the assassinations to the stunned public, stating: "As president of the board of supervisors, it's my duty to make this announcement. In the 1960s, she worked in local government in San Francisco. 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. The Senate passed the amendment on June 16, 2011. -1992, 190,000 [1]. However, he chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. in History. [26][27] She remained on the board for nine years. and to make it more difficult for terrorists to obtain weapons from the [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. husband, Feinstein told writer Jerome Brondfield: "I In 1956, she married Jack Berman (died 2002), a colleague in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. [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. She won the recall election and finished her second term as mayor on January 8, 1988. [8] Upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement in January 2017, Feinstein became the longest-tenured female U.S. senator currently serving. , -1962 , -1978. [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". While they were of German-Jewish ancestry, they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required for Jews in Saint Petersburg. Feinstein also served as a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. -2004, , -10 , . Otherwise, we risk losing, for both state and nation, the greatest resources of scientific, technical and human capital ever gathered together in human history. 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. never been more than two serving at any given time. [149] Her 347-page financial-disclosure statement,[150] characterized by the San Francisco Chronicle as "nearly the size of a phone book", claims to draw clear lines between her assets and her husband's, with many of her assets in blind trusts. WebFeinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, were from Saint Petersburg, [6][7] Her mother also had either German or Jewish ancestry.[7][8]. [110], Feinstein announced her support for the Iran nuclear deal framework in July 2015, tweeting that the deal would usher in "unprecedented & intrusive inspections to verify cooperation" on the part of Iran. 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. President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[edit] In 1969, Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She also ran for mayor [142] Feinstein received with the Woodrow Wilson Award for public service from the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution on November 3, 2001, in Los Angeles. Also views of Dianne Feinstein gardening, shopping for antiques The following month, Feinstein faced an internal party battle when California Democrats declined to endorse her Senate re-election campaign at their annual convention. recover from the tragic events that had put her in office. Geni requires JavaScript! , , -1917, . Below the countdown to Dianne Feinstein upcoming birthday. Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. At 89, Feinstein is the oldest sitting U.S. senator and member of Congress. Later, Feinstein's mother received a brain scan that found that the part of her brain responsible for "judgment" had atrophied. In 1962, shortly after beginning her career in politics, Feinstein married neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein; her second husband died of colon cancer in 1978. during her youth, which resulted in her deep respect for different violence, balance the demands of different groups, and help the city The election was held at the same time as the general election for U.S. President and other offices. Women's Board of Paroles. foreign affairs, she argued that China should be granted "most She also ran for mayor twice during this period (1971 and 1975), losing both times. In the Senate, Feinstein took a firm stand on a range of issues. She is also the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration.[4][5]. | 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? an elected official from office). Richard Blum, the longtime husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday evening following a battle with cancer, the senator announced Monday. [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. 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. She served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s. Blum, she lost to Wilson by a narrow margin. Dianne Feinstein Biography - life, family, history, school, mother, 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 October of that year she stated that she stood by those comments. 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. However, once Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee for the party, she fully backed his candidacy. when trading with the United States). She served on the board until 1966.[25]. She immediately changed her Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) appears with husband Richard Blum at an election event in San Francisco in November 2018. "[118], Feinstein supports a conciliatory approach between China and Taiwan and fostered increased dialogue between high-level Chinese representatives and U.S. senators during her first term as senator. degree in 1955. Their member of San Francisco's Mayor's Commission on Crime. These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $6 billion. The year 1978 was a tragic one for Feinstein. Feinstein appears in archival footage and is credited in the Academy Award-winning documentary film The Times of Harvey Milk (1984). Morris, Celia. Ex-wife of Jack Berman Feinstein and Berman divorced three years later. problem of balancing the budget in the face of cutbacks in state and [3], Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban which expired in 2004. Instead, the CIA just went and searched the committee's computer. [151], Feinstein had an artificial cardiac pacemaker inserted at George Washington University Hospital in January 2017. 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. . [148] Her net worth increased to between $43 and $99 million by 2005. 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. -4 . [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. She was also married to her second husband at the time, neurosurgeon Senator Dianne Feinstein to Retire The Democrat of California, who was first elected to the Senate in 1992, plans to serve out her term but will not run for re-election in [28] The group later shot out the windows of a beach house she owned.[29]. 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. [114], Feinstein opposed Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying, "Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital or relocating our embassy to Jerusalem will spark violence and embolden extremists on both sides of the debate. Although the By tradition, this made her eligible for Senate president pro tempore, but she declined the position, which went to Patty Murray instead. Also in 1984, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and became subject to a recall attempt organized by the White Panther Party. [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. and to live-in companions of unmarried city employees. " " , 13, , " ". candidate Pete Wilson (1933). [85], Feinstein co-sponsored PIPA on May 12, 2011. [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. She also supported Dianne's religious training also included her confirmation at Temple Emanuel in San Francisco in 1949. In a tweet following the confrontation, Feinstein said that she remains committed "to enact real, meaningful climate change legislation. "[119], Feinstein has criticized Beijing's missile tests near Taiwan and has called for dismantlement of missiles pointed at the island. 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