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Richard C.Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992.She is a member of the Democratic Party.Senator Feinstein holds a number of "firsts"; she was the first female President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco's first and only female mayor, the first woman to serve in the Senate from California, one of two first female Jewish senators, the first woman to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the first woman to chair the Rules and Administration committee of that body.Senate Committee Assignments
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3.Feinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, left St.Feinstein has two sisters, Lynne Kennedy and Yvonne Banks.Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b.In 1962, shortly after starting her career in politics, she married neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein, who died of colon cancer in 1978.Israel and a member of AIPAC.Feinstein has received scrutiny for husband Richard Blum's extensive business dealings with China and her past votes on trade issues with the country.Critics have argued that Feinstein's support of policies that may benefit her husband may raise the appearance of a conflict of interest.Suburban newspaper Metroactive reported in 2007 that Feinstein's husband holds large investments in companies that have won large government contracts without competitive bidding.In April 2007, Feinstein's office denied there was a conflict of interest and stated that her departure from the subcommittee had nothing to do with the reports in the Metro weeklies.As of December 2006, according to SEC filings and Fedspending.Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.In 1969, Feinstein won a position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.She remained on the Board for nine years, becoming its first female president.During her tenure on the Board of Supervisors, she unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco twice, in 1971 against mayor Joseph Alioto, and in 1975, when she lost the contest for a runoff slot (against George Moscone) by one percentage point, to supervisor John Barbagelata.Feinstein announced the assassinations to the stunned public, stating: "As president of the board of supervisors, it's my duty to make this announcement.Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed."As president of the Board of Supervisors, Feinstein automatically ascended to the mayoral position on December 4.One of the first challenges to face Feinstein as mayor was the state of the San Francisco cable car system.Feinstein took charge of the effort, and helped win federal funding for the bulk of the rebuilding job.In the run up to the convention, there was considerable media and public speculation that Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale might pick Feinstein as his running mate.Also in 1984, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and became subject to a recall attempt organized by the White Panther Party.In 1987, City and State magazine named Feinstein the nation's "Most Effective Mayor".Feinstein served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s while mayor of San Francisco.Governor's race
In 1990, Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of California, losing to Republican Senator Pete Wilson, who vacated his seat in the Senate to assume the governorship.On November 3, 1992, Feinstein won a special election to fill the Senate seat that became vacant in 1990 when Pete Wilson was elected governor (Wilson had then appointed John F.Because Feinstein was elected to an unexpired term, she became a senator as soon as the election was certified, hence she became California's senior senator even though she was elected at the same time as Barbara Boxer.Senate Committee Assignments
Feinstein is a member of the following U.Iraq
Feinstein supported the Iraq war resolution in the vote of October 11, 2002; she has claimed that she was misled by President Bush on the reasons for going to war.However, former UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq Scott Ritter has stated that Feinstein in summer 2002 acknowledged to him that she knew the Bush administration had not provided any convincing intelligence to back up its claims about the Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.In February 2007, Feinstein warned Republicans not to block consideration of a measure opposing President Bush's troop increase in Iraq, saying it would be a "terrible mistake" to prevent debate on the top issue in America.In May 2007, Feinstein voted for an Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill, which continued to fund the Iraq occupation without a firm timetable for withdrawal.The American people have made their voices clear that there must be an exit strategy for Iraq.However, she still voted for the bill.In November 2007, Feinstein was one of only six Democrats to vote to confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General.Wiretapping
In August 2007, Feinstein joined Republicans in the Senate in voting to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by narrowing the scope of its protections to sharply alter the legal limits on the government's ability to monitor phone calls and email messages of American citizens.Feinstein voted to give the attorney general and the director of national intelligence the power to approve international surveillance of the communications of Americans entirely within the executive branch, rather than through the special intelligence court established by FISA.Many privacy advocates have decried this law and Senator Feinstein's vote in favour of it.USA PATRIOT Act
Feinstein was the original Democratic cosponsor of a bill to extend the USA PATRIOT Act.In a December 2005 statement, Senator Feinstein stated, "I believe the Patriot Act is vital to the protection of the American people."Environment
Feinstein and her predecessor Senator Alan Cranston worked for over 10 years to pass the California Desert Protection Act.The bill was signed in to law by President Clinton in 1994.California's desert lands as wilderness and national parks.The Act doubled the size of the National Wilderness Preservation System in California, and was the largest wilderness bill in California's history.Senators Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were the champions of the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act, which was signed in to law by President George W.King Range and Cache Creek.More recently, Feinstein has not taken a stand on the widely criticized subsidies in the 2007 U.Death penalty
Feinstein is a supporter of capital punishment.Please help improve this article by adding reliable references.She is opposed by gun rights organizations, who say that her proposals on gun control are unconstitutional.The ban was passed as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.The act was then revived in 2005, and, despite Feinstein's best efforts, was passed without an extension of the assault weapons ban.TV's 60 Minutes, February 5, 1995, "If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them .The votes weren't here."In July 2006, Feinstein voted against the Vitter Amendment to prohibit Federal funds being used for the confiscation of lawfully owned firearms during a disaster.Intellectual property
Feinstein has supported Hollywood and the content industry when it has come into conflict with technology and fair use on intellectual property issues.In 2006 she cosponsored the "PERFORM Act" or the "Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2006" to the Senate, which would require satellite, cable and internet broadcasters to pay fair market value for the performance of digital music.Feinstein's consistent backing of the content industry and attacks on fair use have earned her poor marks with the EFF and IPac.Composite liberal score of 76.Feinstein served as the ranking member of the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, also known as the "MILCON" subcommittee.Feinstein also served as chair of the MILCON subcommittee when the Democrats controlled the Senate in 2001 and 2002.While on the MILCON subcommitte, Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions of dollars to firms owned by her husband, Richard C.As the ranking Democratic, Feinstein would have again become chair of the MILCON subcommittee when the Democratically controlled Senate of the 110th Congress was sworn in on January 4, 2007.However, Feinstein resigned from the subcommittee prior to the new congressional term, forfeiting chairmanship of the MILCON subcommittee to Tim Johnson.Metro Newspapers reported that Feinstein's resignation was attributable to a series of articles, partially funded by the progressive Nation Institute, exposing the potential conflict of interest posed by Feinstein's voting to award contracts to her husband's firms.Additional scandal arose when it was revealed that members of Feinstein's Senate staff attempted to purge references to these alleged conflicts of interest from the Wikipedia articles on herself and her husband.This information was also initially deleted from Wikipedia by a Feinstein staffer in 2006.Feinstein was elected for a third full term in 2006.Censure Movement
In 2007, activists from within the California Democratic Party made a push to censure Feinstein.The activists were concerned over her votes to confirm Judge Leslie Southwick and Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and were also concerned about the FISA bill.The American Conservative Union has given her a lifetime rating of 11 (out of a possible 100).The National Rifle Association has given her an F rating.Senator
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About.This page was last modified 07:22, 6 January 2008.See Copyrights for details.Bertram Feinstein (deceased)
Richard C.Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992.She is a member of the Democratic Party.Senator Feinstein holds a number of "firsts"; she was the first female President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco's first and only female mayor, the first woman to serve in the Senate from California, one of two first female Jewish senators, the first woman to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the first woman to chair the Rules and Administration committee of that body.Mayor of San Francisco
2.Political positions and votes
3.Corruption scandals and accusations
3.San Francisco to Betty Rosenburg, a former model, and Leon Goldman, a nationally renowned surgeon who was the first Jewish person made tenured physician at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco.Feinstein's paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, while her maternal grandparents, who were of the Russian Orthodox faith, left St.Feinstein has two sisters, Lynne Kennedy and Yvonne Banks.They were divorced three years later.Their daughter, Katherine Feinstein Mariano (b.Berman later became a judge; he died in 2002.In 1962, shortly after starting her career in politics, she married neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein, who died of colon cancer in 1978.Blum, an investment banker.Israel and a member of AIPAC.Feinstein has received scrutiny for husband Richard Blum's extensive business dealings with China and her past votes on trade issues with the country.Critics have argued that Feinstein's support of policies that may benefit her husband may raise the appearance of a conflict of interest.Suburban newspaper Metroactive reported in 2007 that Feinstein's husband holds large investments in companies that have won large government contracts without competitive bidding.In April 2007, Feinstein's office denied there was a conflict of interest and stated that her departure from the subcommittee had nothing to do with the reports in the Metro weeklies.In 1969, Feinstein won a position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.She remained on the Board for nine years, becoming its first female president.During her tenure on the Board of Supervisors, she unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco twice, in 1971 against mayor Joseph Alioto, and in 1975, when she lost the contest for a runoff slot (against George Moscone) by one percentage point, to supervisor John Barbagelata.On November 27, 1978, San Francisco mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by a rival politician, Dan White, who had resigned from the Board of Supervisors only two weeks prior.Feinstein announced the assassinations to the stunned public, stating: "As president of the board of supervisors, it's my duty to make this announcement.As president of the Board of Supervisors, Feinstein automatically ascended to the mayoral position on December 4.One of the first challenges to face Feinstein as mayor was the state of the San Francisco cable car system.Feinstein took charge of the effort, and helped win federal funding for the bulk of the rebuilding job.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.In the run up to the convention, there was considerable media and public speculation that Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale might pick Feinstein as his running mate.However, he chose Geraldine Ferraro instead.Also in 1984, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and became subject to a recall attempt organized by the White Panther Party.She won the recall election and finished her second term as mayor on January 8, 1988.In 1987, City and State magazine named Feinstein the nation's "Most Effective Mayor".Feinstein served on the Trilateral Commission during the 1980s while mayor of San Francisco.Governor's race
In 1990, Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for Governor of California, losing to Republican Senator Pete Wilson, who vacated his seat in the Senate to assume the governorship.On November 3, 1992, Feinstein won a special election to fill the Senate seat that became vacant in 1990 when Pete Wilson was elected governor (Wilson had then appointed John F.The election was held at the same time as the general election for U.President and other offices.Senator Barbara Boxer was elected at the same time for the seat to be vacated by Alan Cranston.Because Feinstein was elected to an unexpired term, she became a senator as soon as the election was certified, hence she became California's senior senator even though she was elected at the same time as Barbara Boxer.Senate Committee Assignments
Feinstein is a member of the following U.Iraq
Feinstein supported the Iraq war resolution in the vote of October 11, 2002; she has claimed that she was misled by President Bush on the reasons for going to war.However, former UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq Scott Ritter has stated that Feinstein in summer 2002 acknowledged to him that she knew the Bush administration had not provided any convincing intelligence to back up its claims about the Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.In February 2007, Feinstein warned Republicans not to block consideration of a measure opposing President Bush's troop increase in Iraq, saying it would be a "terrible mistake" to prevent debate on the top issue in America.In May 2007, Feinstein voted for an Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill, which continued to fund the Iraq occupation without a firm timetable for withdrawal.Yet this President continues to stubbornly adhere to more of the same."In November 2007, Feinstein was one of only six Democrats to vote to confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General.Wiretapping
In August 2007, Feinstein joined Republicans in the Senate in voting to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by narrowing the scope of its protections to sharply alter the legal limits on the government's ability to monitor phone calls and email messages of American citizens.Feinstein voted to give the attorney general and the director of national intelligence the power to approve international surveillance of the communications of Americans entirely within the executive branch, rather than through the special intelligence court established by FISA.Many privacy advocates have decried this law and Senator Feinstein's vote in favour of it.USA PATRIOT Act
Feinstein was the original Democratic cosponsor of a bill to extend the USA PATRIOT Act.In a December 2005 statement, Senator Feinstein stated, "I believe the Patriot Act is vital to the protection of the American people."Environment
Feinstein and her predecessor Senator Alan Cranston worked for over 10 years to pass the California Desert Protection Act.The bill was signed in to law by President Clinton in 1994.Senators Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were the champions of the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act, which was signed in to law by President George W.More recently, Feinstein has not taken a stand on the widely criticized subsidies in the 2007 U.Death penalty
Feinstein is a supporter of capital punishment.After heavily supporting President Bush's Immigration Reform Bill, she mentioned that she was "looking into revising" the Fairness Doctrine, specifically targeting Talk Radio.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; while the amendment was successfully added, the act itself failed.The act was then revived in 2005, and, despite Feinstein's best efforts, was passed without an extension of the assault weapons ban.America, turn 'em all in, I would have done it.The votes weren't here."In July 2006, Feinstein voted against the Vitter Amendment to prohibit Federal funds being used for the confiscation of lawfully owned firearms during a disaster.Intellectual property
Feinstein has supported Hollywood and the content industry when it has come into conflict with technology and fair use on intellectual property issues.In 2006 she cosponsored the "PERFORM Act" or the "Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2006" to the Senate, which would require satellite, cable and internet broadcasters to pay fair market value for the performance of digital music.Feinstein's consistent backing of the content industry and attacks on fair use have earned her poor marks with the EFF and IPac.Feinstein served as the ranking member of the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, also known as the "MILCON" subcommittee.Feinstein also served as chair of the MILCON subcommittee when the Democrats controlled the Senate in 2001 and 2002.While on the MILCON subcommitte, Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions of dollars to firms owned by her husband, Richard C.This included millions of dollars in contracts awarded to Blum's Perini Corporation to provide goods and services in Iraq and Afghanistan.As the ranking Democratic, Feinstein would have again become chair of the MILCON subcommittee when the Democratically controlled Senate of the 110th Congress was sworn in on January 4, 2007.However, Feinstein resigned from the subcommittee prior to the new congressional term, forfeiting chairmanship of the MILCON subcommittee to Tim Johnson.Metro Newspapers reported that Feinstein's resignation was attributable to a series of articles, partially funded by the progressive Nation Institute, exposing the potential conflict of interest posed by Feinstein's voting to award contracts to her husband's firms.Additional scandal arose when it was revealed that members of Feinstein's Senate staff attempted to purge references to these alleged conflicts of interest from the Wikipedia articles on herself and her husband.This information was also initially deleted from Wikipedia by a Feinstein staffer in 2006.Feinstein was elected for a third full term in 2006.Censure Movement
In 2007, activists from within the California Democratic Party made a push to censure Feinstein.The resolution, which cited the Senator for "ignoring Democratic principles and falling so far below the standard of what we expect of our elected officials" ultimately failed.The activists were concerned over her votes to confirm Judge Leslie Southwick and Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and were also concerned about the FISA bill.The National Rifle Association has given her an F rating.Senator
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Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.Dianne Feinstein profile
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About.This page was last modified 07:22, 6 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.The video will feature studio and live footage (from Wacken 2004!Each file was created using state of the art technology with a bit rate of 256
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will be released in Europe on April 19th!Feinstein International Center seeks to influence the making and application of policy in the countries affected by crises and in those states in a position to influence such crises.In our work we seek to combine academic excellence, innovative research and public policy development.We are committed to the publication and dissemination of that knowledge. |
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