So she knows from first-hand experience about the violence that only guns can inflict on our fellow Californians. An issue of personal importance to her, Senator Feinstein authored the landmark assault weapons ban, which banned military-style firearms from to Over that decade, the number of gun massacres fell by 37 percent and the number of people dying from gun massacres fell by 43 percent.
Now, since the assault weapons ban expired and after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in that killed 20 first graders and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, more than people have been shot in more than school shootings.
Tragedies in Parkland, Las Vegas, Newtown, Aurora, San Bernardino, and so many more have shocked the nation and demonstrated the need to act.
Senator Feinstein has introduced a new Assault Weapons Ban to halt the sale, manufacture, transfer and importation of the most commonly-owned military-style assault weapons and ban large-capacity magazines that are specifically designed to inflict maximum casualties. She will also continue to author and support additional legislation to enact sensible gun laws, including: closing the gun-show loophole, holding arms manufacturers accountable, raising the minimum age to purchase firearms, and preventing those on the terrorist watch list from buying a gun.
Senator Feinstein strongly supports universal health care for all Americans, and with her colleagues in the Senate, stopped Republicans attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In , when the Senate was considering the Affordable Care Act, she sponsored legislation to create a public option to compete with private health insurance, which she continues to support.
She also supports lowering the age for Medicare eligibility to 55, mandating that Medicare negotiates for drug prices which it currently does not , allowing HHS to reject unreasonable premium increases and requiring 85 percent of all premium dollars to go to patients, instead of 80 percent. As co-chair of the Senate Cancer Coalition, Senator Feinstein has also been a leader in increasing funding for disease research. She helped stop Donald Trump's plan to cut funding from the National Institutes of Health and introduced bipartisan legislation to improve breast cancer detection.
She also sponsored the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act, which led to an improved emphasis and strategy for research of top deadly cancers. Senator Feinstein was proud to work closely with Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers to author the Agricultural Worker Program Act to put farmworkers on a path to earned legal status and citizenship.
Senator Feinstein believes we must come together to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for immigrants, backlog reduction, assistance for immigrant members of the armed services and their families, visa reform, and humanitarian relief for families.
Senator Feinstein is committed to creating an economy that works for all Americans, not just those at the very top. This legislation further harms Californians by eliminating the deduction for state and local taxes claimed by more than six million California households. Instead, Senator Feinstein has championed expanding economic access for working and middle class Californians. She joined Senator Elizabeth Warren to coauthor legislation that would allow individuals with existing student loan debt to refinance at much lower interest rates.
And she authored the Small Business Lending and Inequality Reduction Act, which would increase resources available for small businesses in traditionally underserved communities. Senator Feinstein is also a proud cosponsor of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, which would at long last institute paid family leave, including maternity leave. She is also a cosponsor of the Healthy Families Act which would allow employees to take paid sick days.
Finally, Senator Feinstein knows that creating an economy for all also means reducing the influence of special interests in Washington. And she also coauthored a proposed constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United once and for all. The following table shows a list of notable endorsements made by this individual or organization. The list includes presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, state legislative, and other notable candidates.
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Source: Follow the Money. In an analysis by Open Secrets of the Top 10 Recipients of Contributions from Lobbyists in , Feinstein was 1 of members of Congress who did not report any contributions from lobbyists in as of July 3, Feinstein won re-election to the U. Senate in Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack , Feinstein was a rank-and-file Democrat as of July This was the same rating Feinstein received in June According to the website GovTrack, Feinstein missed of 7, roll call votes from February to September This amounts to 2.
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress. Feinstein ranked 22nd in the liberal rankings among U. Feinstein ranked 26th in the liberal rankings among U. Feinstein ranked 15th in the liberal rankings among U.
The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.
The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. Feinstein voted with the Democratic Party The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. She ranked 2nd on the list of the highest paid Democratic senatorial staff salaries and ranked 2nd overall of the highest paid senatorial staff salaries in Overall, California ranked 1st in average salary for senatorial staff.
The average U. On March 19, , the New York Times alleged Feinstein, along with some other senators, traded stocks after receiving a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing related to the effect the coronavirus outbreak will have on the American economy. On May 14, , a spokesperson for Feinstein, Tom Mentzer, said that Feinstein answered questions from federal law enforcement agents and provided documents to the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of the investigation into her and other senators' stock sales.
On May 26, aides from Feinstein's office confirmed that the Department of Justice notified them of the conclusion of the investigation into the trades.
The Personal Gain Index U. Congress is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants. It consists of two different metrics:. Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets. Feinstein ranked as the 4th most wealthy senator in Between and , the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate.
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Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. Democratic Party. Official website. Official Facebook. Official Twitter. Official YouTube. Campaign Facebook. Voted Yea on: Agriculture Improvement Act of HR 2 Conference Report Agreed to on December 11, Proposed providing funding for commodity support, conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research and extension activities, forestry, horticulture, and crop insurance through fiscal year It also proposed requiring the U.
The bill proposed providing exceptions for an abortion: 1 that was necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman, or 2 when the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest. Voted Nay on: An amendment to repeal the requirements for individuals to enroll in health insurance and for employers to offer it—"Skinny bill" S Amdt to S Amdt to HR the American Health Care Act of Amendment Rejected on July 28, The amendment proposed repealing the requirements for individuals to enroll in health insurance and for employers to offer it.
Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States—second vote to end debate and move to a vote on Gorsuch's nomination under the new precedent requiring only a simple majority to pass. Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States—a vote to keep the Senate precedent of requiring 60 votes to close debate on Supreme Court nominations.
Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States—initial vote to end debate and move to a vote on Gorsuch's nomination. Voted Nay on: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act HR 1 Motion Agreed to on December 20, Proposed providing for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year and proposed changes to the tax code.
H Con Res 71 Concurrent Resolution Agreed to on October 19, Proposed establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years through Voted Yea on: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, Included amendments to suspend the debt ceiling and fund the government HR Motion Agreed to on September 7, Proposed suspending the debt ceiling and funding the government until December 8, , and providing funding for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma relief efforts.
Voted Yea on: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year HR Bill Passed on September 18, Proposed authorizing appropriations for fiscal year for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. On November 15, , the Senate passed the defense policy bill by voice vote.
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To view the full congressional electoral history for Dianne Feinstein, click [show] to expand the section. What would be your top three priorities, if elected? What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Health Care Senator Feinstein strongly supports universal health care for all Americans, and with her colleagues in the Senate, stopped Republicans attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Jobs and Economy Senator Feinstein is committed to creating an economy that works for all Americans, not just those at the very top. And she was a strong opponent of Proposition 8 in To view the breakdown of campaign funding by type click [show] to expand the section. Search Google News for this topic. Candidate U. Senate California Facebook Officeholder U.
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Secretary of Defense. He is best known for helping lead the United States into the Vietnam War. Bob Dole is a former member of the U. House —69 and U. Senate —96 from Kansas. In , he was the Republican Party's candidate for the presidency. Stephen Breyer is an associate justice for the U. Supreme Court, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton. Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay officials in the United States in when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Tragically, he was killed the following year. Condoleezza Rice is the first Black woman to serve as the United States' national security adviser, as well as the first Black woman to serve as U. Secretary of State. Kirsten Gillibrand is a U. It was during this year that her husband died. She finished her term as acting mayor and then won the election for mayor in The law allowed only two terms as mayor of San Francisco, Dianne Feinstein left office in She married Richard C.
Blum, an investment banker, on January 20, , who helped support her losing campaign for governor as candidate of the Democratic Party. Dianne Feinstein set her sights on winning the senate vacancy created when Pete Wilson vacated this position to become governor of California. She easily defeated John Seymour in a special election in Two years later, she edged out Michael Huffington, a millionaire Republican congressman from Santa Barbara for a full six year term. Feinstein was re-elected in with Senate election in history to that point.
To date, she is also the only woman to have presided over a U. Feinstein is the oldest sitting U. Upon the retirement of Barbara Mikulski in January , Feinstein became the longest-tenured female U. Senator currently serving in the Senate. Having won reelection in to a six-year term expiring in January , Feinstein will become the longest serving woman Senator in history should she serve her full term.
She led a bipartisan group of senators in passing legislation to drastically increase the fuel efficiency of cars. She helped create the nationwide AMBER Alert network, passed bills to criminalize border drug tunnels, succeeded in passing a major bill to help California cope with severe drought and continues to advocate for commonsense gun laws.
She authored the first major cybersecurity bill to be signed into law in years.
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