Dianne Feinstein

AKA Dianne Emiel Goldman

Born: 22-Jun-1933

Birthplace: San Francisco, CA



Gender: Female

Religion: Jewish

Race or Ethnicity: White

Sexual orientation: Straight

Occupation: Politician

Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States

Executive summary: US Senator from California

Former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors whose political career was given a boost by the assassination of Mayor George Moscone and gay supervisor Harvey Milk by twinkie defendant Dan White -- Feinstein succeeded Moscone as Mayor, and was later elected to the United States Senate.

Feinstein is an anti-gun Senator who still somehow found the fortitude to obtain for herself a concealed firearms carry permit, a privilege she wants to deny others. 27 April 1995:

"Less than twenty years ago I was the target of a terrorist group. It was the New World Liberation Front. They blew up power stations and put a bomb at my home when my husband was dying of cancer. And the bomb didn't detonate. [...] I was very lucky. But, I thought of what might have happened. Later the same group shot out all the windows of my home. [...] And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me."

Feinstein claims that she has since relinquished both the handgun and the concealed weapons permit.

In support of a flag-burning amendment, 20 July 2004:

"Our flag is recognized as unique not only in the hearts and minds of Americans but in our laws and customs as well. No other emblem or symbol in our nation carries with it such a specific code of conduct and protocol in its display and handling. [...] Why, then, should it be permissible conduct to burn, to desecrate, to destroy this symbol, this emblem, this national monument? That is not my definition of free speech. [...] Requiring certain individuals to stop defacing or burning the flag, I think, is a very small price to pay on behalf of millions of Americans for whom the flag has deep personal significance."

Father: Leon Goldman (d. 4-Mar-1975)

Mother: Betty Rosenburg

Sister: Lynne Kennedy

Sister: Yvonne Banks

Husband: Jack Berman (m. 2-Dec-1956, div. 1959)

Husband: Bertram Feinstein (m. 1962, d. 1978 colon cancer, one daughter)

Daughter: Katherine Anne (b. 31-Jul-1957)

Husband: Richard C. Blum (majority owner of Perini, m. 20-Jan-1980)



High School: Convent of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco, CA (1951)

University: BS History, Stanford University (1955)



US Senator, California (1992-)

Mayor of San Francisco (1978-88)

San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1969-78)

Afghanistan World Foundation National Committee

Alfalfa Club 1999

American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise Honorary Committee

Biden for President

Bilderberg Group 1991

Close Up Foundation Board of Advisors

College Democrats

Council on Foreign Relations

EMILY's List

Friends for Harry Reid

Friends of Joe Lieberman

Gore 2000

Hillary Clinton for President

Hillraiser 2008

John Kerry for President

New Leadership for America PAC

Obama for Illinois

Pacific Council on International Policy

Trilateral Commission 1988

Voters for Choice

Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service

Hysterectomy

Issued Concealed Carry Permit

Dubya Nickname Frazier

New Democrat Movement Senate New Democrat Coalition

Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)

Wedding: Jerry Brown and Anne Gust (2005) Officiant

Russian Ancestry Maternal

Jewish Ancestry Paternal



FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR

Miss Representation (20-Jan-2011) · Herself



Official Website:

http://feinstein.senate.gov/





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