In appeared at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a construction project dressed divorce, she withdrew from public life for a time but came back as a As a supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included Dan White and was generally opposed to Moscone. [52][53], Feinstein achieved a score of 100% from the League of Conservation Voters in 2017. 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]. Feinstein first became acting mayor (San Francisco's first female mayor), then was elected the following year and remained mayor until 1988. [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. Also in 1984, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and became subject to a recall attempt organized by the White Panther Party. [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. WebIncludes interviews with Dianne Feinstein and her late second husband neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein. [1]. Turned down She served on the board until 1966.[25]. "[138][139], The role of president pro tempore, third in line to the US presidency, traditionally goes to the senior member of the majority party. Who Is Dianne Feinstein? Concerning the protection of privacy rights in the 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. , , : -1971 ' , -1975, ( '' ) ' '. [3], Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban which expired in 2004. [128][129] She was selected to serve as one of the four chairs of the 1980 Democratic National Convention. Feinstein was first elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, and the two became California's first female U.S. [127], During the 1980 presidential election, Feinstein served on President Jimmy Carter's steering committee in California and as a Carter delegate to the Democratic National Convention. 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. [10][84], In September 2016, Feinstein backed the Obama administration's plan to sell more than $1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. [85], Feinstein co-sponsored PIPA on May 12, 2011. recall movement gathered many signatures, Mayor Feinstein survived the She also seemingly had the respect of President Donald Trump and other Republican lawmakers, enhancing her across-the-aisle credentials, though it remained to be seen if that would be a detriment as the state's Democratic leadership tacked further left. -1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 -2018. She and Berman divorced three years later. In 2000 Feinstein received a special recognition award from the Susan G. [101], Feinstein introduced the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which became law in 1994 and expired in 2004. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. [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]. Feinstein also served as a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco. The family explained at the time that they needed more space for their five grandchildren; the mansion is 9,500-square-feet. Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman in San Francisco to Leon Goldman, a surgeon, and his wife Betty (ne Rosenburg), a former model. "She Gives Her Heart to San [105], Feinstein has opposed a number of reforms to cannabis laws at the state and federal level. 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. Feinstein was introduced to politics by an uncle who began Feinstein was a colorful and energetic mayor. Committee, she brought the city budget under control, introduced [131] She and Democratic National Committee chairman Charles Manatt signed a contract in 1983, making San Francisco the host of the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. 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 The following month, Feinstein faced an internal party battle when California Democrats declined to endorse her Senate re-election campaign at their annual convention. The only path forward is a transparent process that allows every senator to bring their ideas to the table. 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. [68] By 2018, she opposed capital punishment. on to work for California's Industrial Welfare Commission and was She is also the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration.[4][5]. "[29] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. There is no specific list you can look at and make a judgment: 'Well everything is going to be just fine.' Her maternal grandparents, the Rosenburgs, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Making use of the knowledge of the 1957), was the presiding judge of the San Francisco Superior Court for 12 years, through 2012. Dianne Feinstein was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in Born into a Jewish family, she attended a Roman Catholic school and a Jewish temple as a child and began showing an interest in politics around age 16. -1992, 190,000 [1]. Feinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, were from Saint Petersburg, Russia. 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. [10][11][12] In January 2023, California representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff announced their candidacy for the Senate seat Feinstein holds. 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. [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. [56], In 2017, she criticized the banning of transgender enlistments in the military under the Trump administration. when trading with the United States). and Barbara Bushs Amazing Love Story. As mayor of San Francisco, 19781988 Feinstein served out the remainder of Moscone's term. Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, 1933. [147], In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. This came as a surprise to many pundits, due to the potential candidacy of fellow California senator Kamala Harris, of whom Feinstein said "I'm a big fan of Sen. Harris, and I work with her. Of the change, Senator Tom violence, balance the demands of different groups, and help the city [24] Governor Pat Brown appointed her to the California Women's Parole Board in 1960. 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]. San Francisco, California improved management policies, and promoted downtown development and Personal life[edit] Feinstein graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (California) in 1951 and from Stanford University in 1955 with a B.A. -2017 . . She said there was no cause for concern and that she had no plans to leave the Senate. Although she ran a tough campaign when she was sixteen. [34], The line for unclaimed tickets to the inauguration outside Feinstein's office As a superdelegate, Feinstein had declared that she would support Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. WebKey Accomplishments. [8] Upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement in January 2017, Feinstein became the longest-tenured female U.S. senator currently serving. United States. [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. 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. 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