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Dianne Feinstein
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Democrat
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U.S. Senator
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Of CALIFORNIA
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Biographical
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BIO INFORMATION
Senate Years of Service: 1992- Party: Democrat
FEINSTEIN, Dianne, a Senator from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., June 22,
1933; attended the San Francisco public schools and graduated from the Convent
of the Sacred Heart High School 1951; graduated, Stanford University 1955;
member, California Womens Board of Terms and Parole 1960-1966; member, San
Francisco Board of Supervisors 1970-1978, serving as president 1970-1971,
1974-1975, 1978; mayor of San Francisco 1978-1988; director, Bank of California
1988-1989; co-chair, San Francisco Education Funds Permanent Fund 1988-1989;
unsuccessful candidate for Governor of California 1990; elected in a special
election on November 3, 1992, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill
the term left vacant by the resignation of Pete Wilson and took the oath of
office on November 10, 1992; reelected in 1994, 2000, and again in 2006 for the
term ending January 3, 2013; chair, Committee on Rules and Administration (One
Hundred Tenth Congress), Select Committee on Intellegence (One Hundred Eleventh
Congress).
BibliographyDianne Feinstein, in
Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of
the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History &
Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 2006.
Source:bioguide.congress.gov
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Congress carrier
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U.S. Senator
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1992
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2012
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California
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Contact Information
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Committees
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Department of Defense
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Energy and Water Development Chairman
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Crime and Terrorism
Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Chairman)
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (Chairman)
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