{"id":2050360,"date":"2023-09-29T22:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T02:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-dianne-feinstein-dies-at-90-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T22:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T02:35:54","slug":"sen-dianne-feinstein-dies-at-90-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-dianne-feinstein-dies-at-90-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, passes away."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-dianne-feinstein-dies-at-90-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2050360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>The oldest member of Congress has passed \u200daway.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has died at the age of 90\u200b on the \u200devening of Sept. 28, according to her chief of staff.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of her\u200c death has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-passes-3-budget-packages-rejects-farm-bill-5500959?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacob-siegel-on-disinformation-the-hoax-of-the-century-part-1\/\" title=\"Jacob Siegel discusses disinformation and refers to it as the 'Hoax of the Century' in Part 1.\">ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories<\/a>&#8220;><\/p>\n<h3>House Passes 3 Budget Packages, Rejects \u2063Farm Bill<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/29\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-passes-3-budget-packages-rejects-farm-bill-5500959?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tributes-pour-in-following-death-of-sen-dianne-feinstein-5500893?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Tributes Pour In Following Death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/29\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tributes-pour-in-following-death-of-sen-dianne-feinstein-5500893?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$-->\n  <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Her passing is a great loss for so many, from\u2064 those who loved and cared for her to the people of California\u2063 that she dedicated her life to serving,&#8221; James Sauls, \u200dthe chief of staff, said\u2062 in \u2064a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She left a legacy\u2064 that is undeniable and extraordinary. There is much to say about who she was and what she did, but for now, we are going to grieve the\u200b passing\u200c of our beloved boss, mentor, and friend,&#8221; Mr. \u200cSauls added.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein became a U.S. senator in 1992. She was reelected five times. Before her time in Washington, she was San Francisco&#8217;s mayor and a member\u2064 of the\u200b city&#8217;s Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$-->\n  <\/div>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein&#8217;s latest husband, Richard Blum, died in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein had\u200d been struggling with health issues. She was briefly hospitalized in August after a \u200cfall. She was cared for in a hospital for months after contracting shingles in March.\u200c Complications from \u200cthe \u200dinfection included Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, which can cause \u2063facial paralysis. When she\u2062 returned to the Senate, she was being pushed around \u2063in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    Ms. Feinstein had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/aging-us-senator-hands-power-of-attorney-to-daughter-5444727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handed over<\/a> power of attorney to her daughter \u2064as part of a battle\u200d over Mr. Blum&#8217;s estate.<\/p>\n<h2>Seat to be \u2063Filled by Governor<\/h2>\n<p>    \u2062   The seat held by Ms. Feinstein will be temporarily filled by a person chosen by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Under the U.S. Constitution, states\u2063 have the power to fill vacancies that arise in \u2062the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Newsom has\u200b not said when he will make his choice. In a statement on Friday, he said Ms. Feinstein \u2063was &#8220;a\u200c dear friend, a lifelong mentor,\u200d and a role\u200c model not only for me, but to my wife and daughters for what \u200ca powerful, effective \u2063leader looks \u200blike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u2062 Newsom has previously said he would appoint a black woman if a Senate vacancy arose but \u2063clarified in September he would not appoint any of candidates running for the seat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I \u200ddon&#8217;t want to get involved \u2062in the \u200dprimary,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein&#8217;s seat\u200c was already set to become vacant in early 2025,\u200d as she\u200c had opted not to\u2063 run for\u2062 another term.<\/p>\n<p>The race\u2064 for the seat includes U.S.\u200d Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). Republicans running include attorney Eric Early and businesswoman Sarah Sun Liew.<\/p>\n<p>No Republican \u200chas represented California in the \u200dSenate since 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats currently hold \u200ca majority in the Senate.\u200d With \u2062Feinstein, that majority was 51\u201349. Without her, it is 50\u201349.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    \u2064 Congress is working on passing a new budget as \u200ba government shutdown looms.<br \/>\n \u200b<\/p>\n<h2>History in Congress<\/h2>\n<p>    Ms. Feinstein\u2064 was praised Friday by colleagues on\u2063 both sides of the aisle.\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Dianne Feinstein was a \u200ctreasured friend to the Wyden family. She was an extraordinary advocate for San Francisco, for California, and for\u200b the West,&#8221; Sen. Ron Wyden\u2063 (R-Ore.) said in a\u2063 statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sen Feinstein did an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-has-spoken-greg-abbott-praises-texas-ag-ken-paxton-following-acquittal-by-senate\/\" title=\"Abbott hails Paxton's acquittal by Senate: 'Jury has spoken'\">outstanding job representing<\/a> the people of California,&#8221; Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) added.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein helped craft a federal ban on some guns that was in place from 1994 to 2004.<\/p>\n<p>She said her efforts to impose stricter regulations \u2062on\u2064 gun\u2064 ownership stemmed in part from the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Ms.\u200d Feinstein became the city&#8217;s mayor after Mr. Moscone was killed.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein rallied for approval of new gun control laws after the 2012 mass killing of people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington in 2021, Ms. Feinstein described America \u2063as &#8220;a gun-happy nation, and \u200beverybody can have \u200ctheir gun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately we\u2019re \u2064not making the laws that could protect people \u200cin this kind of gun \u200ccrimes,&#8221; she added, referring to a mass shooting \u200din\u2064 San Jose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)\u2062 heads to a vote \u200con\u2063 Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 6, 2023. (Alex Brandon\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ms. \u200bFeinstein was for\u2064 years the\u2063 chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. During her tenure, the panel reported on how the CIA ran secret detention facilities \u200doutside America and interrogated suspected terrorists in the\u200b wake\u200c of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States. The report&#8217;s summary said\u200c that the\u2064 CIA&#8217;s interrogation techniques in some cases &#8220;amount[ed] to torture.&#8221; The actual report has remained classified.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The CIA&#8217;s actions are a\u200d stain\u2064 on our values and our \u200dhistory,&#8221; Ms. Feinstein said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The CIA said the report \u201cprovided an incomplete and selective picture of what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein\u2062 was also a defender of the government&#8217;s spying on Americans, after exposure of the\u2062 spying by \u200cNational Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s called protecting America,&#8221; Ms. Feinstein said after details of the\u2064 spying programs were made public. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-dianne-feinstein-dies-at-90-2\/\" title=\"Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, passes away.\">position ran counter<\/a> to that of many colleagues, Republican and Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein was also criticized by some \u200bcolleagues and activists for her handling of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump&#8217;s three Supreme Court picks, especially when she embraced Senate Judiciary Chairman\u2062 Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) after confirmation hearings for \u200dJustice Amy\u2064 Coney Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein shortly afterwards stepped down as the top Democrat of the Senate Judiciary Committee, without listing a reason. She\u200b remained a member.<\/p>\n<p>Born on June 22, 1933, Ms. Feinstein\u200d graduated\u2064 Stanford University in 1955\u200d with a history degree.<\/p>\n<p>She was married the following year\u2064 but \u200ddivorced \u2063her first husband, Jack Berman, in 1959, leaving her \u200ca single mother of her \u2064daughter, Katherine.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein, was\u200c appointed by California&#8217;s\u2064 governor to the California Women&#8217;s Parole Board in 1960, starting her career in the government. She won \u200ba race for\u2062 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1960, and later became San Francisco&#8217;s acting\u200b mayor following Mr. Moscone&#8217;s assassination. She had previously\u200b lost two mayoral\u2063 races.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Feinstein\u200d remarried in 1962. Bertram Feinstein, the second husband, died\u200b in 1978. Ms. Feinstein kept his name.<\/p>\n<p>She married Mr. Blum, an investment banker, two years later.<\/p>\n<p>In addition \u2064to her daughter, Ms. Feinstein leaves behind\u200d a granddaughter and three\u200b stepchildren.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What does \u200dSen. Feinstein&#8217;s passing \u200csignify about the challenges of age and health in demanding\u200c roles\u2062 in public office<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ttp:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tributes-pour-in-following-death-of-sen-dianne-feinstein-5500893?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories&#8221;>received numerous tributes<\/a> following \u200dher death,\u2063 with many expressing their sadness and admiration for her dedication to public service. Throughout her political career, she championed various causes, including gun control, climate change, and healthcare. Her passing marks the end of an era and leaves a void in the political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>With her extensive experience and influence, Sen. Feinstein played a significant role in shaping federal policies and\u200d legislation. She served as the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and was known \u2063for her bipartisan \u200dapproach to governance. Colleagues on both sides of the aisle respected her expertise and willingness to find\u200b common ground.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the longest-serving members of Congress, Sen. Feinstein&#8217;s impact reached far beyond California. Her \u200cleadership and commitment to public service inspired many aspiring\u200b politicians and activists. She set a remarkable example of integrity, dedication,\u200c and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Feinstein&#8217;s passing also highlights the importance of age and health in public office. At 90 years old, she was the oldest member of Congress. While her age did \u2063not diminish her \u2062passion for serving the American people, it\u200c serves as a reminder of \u2063the challenges\u2062 that \u2062come with advanced age in demanding\u200d roles.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation mourns the loss of Sen. Feinstein, it is essential\u200c to reflect on her contributions and the legacy she leaves behind. Her dedication to public service and tireless advocacy for her constituents will be\u200b remembered. Her passing is a reminder \u2064of the need for passionate and dedicated individuals in government who are willing to work towards the betterment of society.<\/p>\n<p>As the country bids farewell to Sen. Feinstein, it is crucial to honor her memory by continuing the \u200bwork she \u2063started. Through collaboration and a commitment to creating positive change, we can carry on her legacy and strive for a better future \u200bfor all Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest member of Congress, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), died at age 90 on Sept. 28. The cause of her death has not been disclosed. 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