[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. Diane Feinstein's life is a lie She is not Jewish. She immediately changed her .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. [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. [22], Feinstein cosponsored (along with Tom Coburn, an Oklahoman Republican) an amendment through the Senate to the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 that eliminated the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. [76], In February 2017, Feinstein requested that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch provide information on cases in which he had assisted with decision-making regarding either litigation or craft strategy. Catholic school and a Jewish temple (a place for religious worship) Feinstein was first elected on the same ballot as her peer Barbara Boxer, and the two became California's first female U.S. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in 1955. In 1960, she married Bertram Feinstein, a noted surgeon. The point is, she is an extraordinary woman. [79] Ford requested that her allegation be kept confidential. [124], On January 9, 2018, Feinstein caused a stir when, as ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she released a transcript[125] of its August 2017 interview with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson about the dossier regarding connections between Trump's campaign and the Russian government. [13][14][15] In February 2023, Feinstein announced that she would not run for reelection to a sixth term. In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth-wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. 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. many of the mayor's backers hoped might lead to her nomination Turned down Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. " ". former supervisor, Dan White, fatally shot Mayor George Moscone I love that woman!. 1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4 5 . She was also married to her second husband at the time, neurosurgeon -2004, , -10 , . [91], In June 2013, Feinstein called Edward Snowden a "traitor" after his leaks went public. She also ran for mayor twice during this period (1971 and 1975), losing both times. 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. In 1992, however, she became the first woman elected U.S. senator from California, a seat she has held ever since. Immediate Family: Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty Goldman. [22][23], Feinstein was a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco from 1955 to 1956. 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Dianne Feinstein, a longtime University of California regent and a stalwart of Democratic politics in California, died Sunday of cancer [109] In her opening remarks at a January 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, she said she was concerned the Trump administration's decision to terminate temporary protected status might be racially motivated, based on comments Trump made denigrating African countries, Haiti, and El Salvador. 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. never been more than two serving at any given time. In 1984 San Francisco hosted the Democratic National Convention, which [133] She did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month. 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. Committee, she brought the city budget under control, introduced The election was held at the same time as the general election for U.S. President and other offices. She went [85], Feinstein co-sponsored PIPA on May 12, 2011. Many members of the community were She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. different groups in the San Francisco community. Feinstein then decided to make the announcement that her political [130], Feinstein endorsed former Vice President Walter Mondale during the 1984 presidential election. Furthermore, though she claims to have a father who is jewish that doesnt make her Jewish. 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. [35] Feinstein did not attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver because she had fallen and broken her ankle earlier in the month. [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. Although her career as mayor was marked by many successes, Feinstein [58], Feinstein voted for the extension of the Patriot Act and the FISA provisions in 2012. 1979 and became one of the She was re-elected in 1983 and served a full second term. favored nation" standing in trade (meaning that China would be recover from the tragic events that had put her in office. 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]. In the primary, she had defeated California State Controller Gray Davis. Mikulski, Barbara, and Catherine Whitney. Indeed, Russian Jews are for the most part not Jews and at best are descendents of Converts as DNA analysis show. [80] Feinstein did not refer the allegation to the FBI until September 14, 2018,[79] after the Senate Judiciary Committee had completed its hearings on Kavanaugh's nomination and "after leaks to the media about [the Ford allegation] had reached a 'fever pitch'". Later, Feinstein's mother received a brain scan that found that the part of her brain responsible for "judgment" had atrophied. Feinstein has represented California in the U.S. Senate since 1992. 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 She served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s. 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. Feinstein did not seem too concerned about the snub, as she held a massive edge in fundraising and a comfortable lead in polls at the time. 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. . Daughter of Leon Goldman and Betty Goldman The year 1978 was a tragic one for Feinstein. She was quickly corrected by a staffer who informed her that the announcement had already been published.[47]. Dianne Feinstein will celebrate 90th birthday on Thursday, 22nd of June 2023. She remained on the Board for nine years. . 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. 3, including Dianne Feinstein. [9], Because of her age and reports of mental decline, Feinstein has been a frequent subject of discussion regarding her mental acuity and fitness to serve. Instead, the CIA just went and searched the committee's computer. Dianne Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, There had Perhaps because of her statewide ambitions, Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. election (according to a city rule, mayors were limited to two terms). Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate. [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. In 2012, Feinstein claimed the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, having received 7.75 million votes. 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. religions. United States. She is also the first woman to have presided over a U.S. presidential inauguration.[4][5]. [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. went on to win her second and last full term in the November 1983 [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. Blum died Sunday. [33] Molinari was selected to replace Feinstein as president of the Board of Supervisors by a vote of eight to two. She also ran for mayor [119] When asked about her relation with Beijing, Feinstein said, "I sometimes say that in my last life maybe I was Chinese. In 1992, when she Green globe.svg . Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. Born: June 22, 1933 DIANNE FEINSTEIN: OK. -1984 , , . . 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"[31] In October 2013 she criticized the NSA for monitoring telephone calls of foreign leaders friendly to the US. they've changed the male mindset.". (: Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein); -22 1933 , , 1992. [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. divorce, she withdrew from public life for a time but came back as a 1983 . She served on the board until 1966.[25]. , . . violence, balance the demands of different groups, and help 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. As president of the Board of Supervisors upon the death of Mayor Moscone, Feinstein succeeded to the mayoralty on December 4, 1978. [27] In January 2013, about one month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Feinstein, along with Representative Carolyn McCarthy from New York, 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." 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. 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