U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman” and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing, Oct. 31, 2017m on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died.
She was 90.Sen. Dianne Feinstein sits for a portrait in Washington on Jan. 4, 2019. Feinstein, the grande dame of California Democrats who became the mayor of San Francisco after a horrific double assassination at City Hall in 1978 and then gained national stature as an influential voice in the U.S. Senate for more than 30 years, died Thursday night, Sept. 28, 2023, according to a family member. She was 90 and the Senate's oldest member.Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listens as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins debate on Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination for the Supreme Court, in Washington, April 4, 2022. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died. She was 90.Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, accompanied by Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., holds an AR-15 assault-style rifle with a collapsible stock during a Capitol Hill news conference Friday March 22, 1996, after the House voted to repeal the two-year-old assault-style firearms ban. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died. Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. She was 90.San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein carries a candle as she leads an estimated 15,000 marchers also carrying candles during a march in memory of slain Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in San Francisco, Nov. 28, 1979. In the background is a sign that says"Gay Love is Gay Power." Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died. Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. She was 90.Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, left, and US Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, embrace during a fundraiser at the Civic Center Auditorium October 13, 2016 in San Francisco, California. Feinstein, a titan of US political history who notched countless legislative achievements during a trailblazing three-decade career in the Senate, has died at 90 years old, US media reported on Sept. 29, 2023.Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., meets with her legislative assistant Alexander Russo in the reception area outside the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 16, 1993. Feinstein and Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, D-Ill., two of the five new women senators this year, took spots on the Judiciary Committee, a big change from the previously all-male panel.Sen. Dianne Feinstein arrives and takes her seat at a business hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill May 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. This was Feinstein's first hearing after fighting a case of shingles and being absent from the Senate for almost three months.Front row left to right, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith , Sen. Shelley Moore Capito , Sen. Dianne Feinstein , Sen. Susan Collins , and Sen. Lisa Murkowski wait to participate in a photo session with Congressional staff at the U.S. Capitol on Seersucker, June 8, 2023, in Washington, D.C.Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, R-N.Y., left, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. hold hands during a Capitol Hill news conference Thursday May 8, 1997 where they announced the introduction of legislation creating a new breast cancer research postal stamp designed to increase funding for breast cancer research. A proposed 33-cent stamp, right, could be purchased from the Postal Service with the extra penny going toward research. Rep. Vic Fazio, D-Calif. is at center.Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., picks up an AK-47 at a speech about gun control with California Gov. Gray Davis, far right, Sheriff Lee Baca, back left, LAPD Chief William Bratton and Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts, second right, at a news conference in Los Angeles, Aug. 21, 2003. The group urged Congress to re-authorize the assault weapons ban.President Donald Trump and Sen. Dianne Feinstein share a moment during a meeting with bipartisan members of the Congress at the Cabinet Room of the White House Feb. 28, 2018 in Washington. President Trump held a meeting with lawmakers to discuss school and community safety.Sen. Dianne Feinstein arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 6, 2023.Senate Rules Committee Chairman Diane Feinstein talks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol Jan. 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Feinstein said that Roland Burris is entitled to be sworn in as a senator from Illinois to fill the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. Burris' appointment has been held up by the Illinois secretary of state because it was made by Gov. Rod Blagojevich who is being investigated for alleged corruption related to the appointment.Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., meet with reporters on Capitol Hill, July 9, 2004, to discuss the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's report on prewar intelligence on Iraq. In the background is an enlarged page from the report showing information redacted by the CIA prior to release.From left, U.S. Sen. Russell Feingold , Sen. Dianne Feinstein , Sen. Barack Obama , Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin listen during a news conference on the ethics bill Jan. 18, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate Democrats called on the Senate Republicans to stop their effort to derail the ethics bill. Republicans are complaining that the Democrats have blocked an amendment that would allow the president to eliminate individual spending items.Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., center, flanked by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, meets with reporters on Capitol Hill Thursday, Nov. 13, 1997, after a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Bill Lann Lee's nomination to the nation's top civil rights post. Senate Democrats blocked the committee vote that was certain to dent Lee's confirmation. But the move left the nomination in limbo as Congress prepares to adjourn.Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., gestures during the confirmation hearing of the Supreme Court nominee, Judge Samuel Alito, on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006.From left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy , Sen. Richard Durbin and Sen. Dianne Feinstein discuss negotiations with Republicans during a markup session for the immigration reform legislation now before the committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 20, 2013 in Washington.From left, Sen. Olympia Snowe , Sen. Dianne Feinstein , Senate Majority Leader Sen. Bill Frist and Sen. Debbie Stabenow chat with each other during a photo session for the annual official photo for"Seersucker Thursday" June 16, 2005 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC."Seersucker Thursday" is an official rite of spring which is organized once a year in the Senate by Sen. Trent Lott.U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein , , speaks to the media while flanked by U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss , U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers and U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger , after a closed door joint Senate and House Intelligence Committee meeting on Capitol Hill, on June 7, 2012 in Wasington, DC. The joint Intelligence committee met with James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence to discuss administration leaks of classified information.Sen. Dianne Feinstein listens to remarks from Republican senators during the Senate Judiciary Committee's 'markup' on the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next Attorney General of the U.S. January 31, 2017 in Washington. The nomination of Sessions to be the next Attorney General has been complicated by the recent firing of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates by U.S. President Donald Trump.California's Democratic United States Senators, Dianne Feinstein, left, and Kamala Harris, walk together to speak at the 21st Annual Lake Tahoe Summit, Aug. 22, 2017, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. The summit is gathering of federal, state and local leaders to discuss the restoration and to sustain Lake Tahoe.U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein takes the stage during day two of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.Judge Neil Gorsuch looks on as Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein speaks during the first day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 20, 2017 in Washington. Gorsuch was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy left on the court by the February 2016 death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is surrounded by reporters as she arrives for a vote, Sept. 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.In this Feb. 11, 2015 photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, looks at papers on her desk during an interview with The Associated Press about the CIA torture report, in her Capitol Hill office in Washington.Senator Dianne Feinstein ,D-CA,walks from the lectern after speaking at a press conference on Capitol Hill January 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. House and Senate Democrats where joined by law enforcement officials to introduce the"Assault Weapons Ban of 2013" legislation to ban assault style weapons and high capacity magazines.Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks to the media following a political rally in the San Fernando Valley outside Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 15, 1994. Feinstein is running against Republican Michael Huffington for the U.S. Senate seat.Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Sen. Dianne Feinstein arrive for a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996.Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations on Capitol Hill September 6, 2023 in Washington, DC. During the hearing the committee considered five judges for federal vacancies.Dianne Feinstein, elected to finish out the term of the late San Francisco Mayor George R. Moscone, addresses the Board of Supervisors following her election in San Francisco Monday, Dec. 5, 1978. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died.San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, named mayor following the assassination of late Mayor George Moscone, in San Francisco, Dec. 12, 1979. With her on the victory platform are, from left, Moscone's widow, Gina Moscone, Assemblyman Willie Brown and Feinstein's fiancé, Richard Blum.
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