Trailblazer Dianne Feinstein, California’s longest serving US senator, dies at 90
Published by The Mercury News Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving U.S. senator who led San Francisco through its darkest and most violent days as mayor in the 1970s and later authored a federal ban on assault weapons that lasted a decade, died Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C. At 90, she was the oldest […]
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Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving U.S. senator who led San Francisco through its darkest and most violent days as mayor in the 1970s and later authored a federal ban on assault weapons that lasted a decade, died Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C. At 90, she was the oldest member of Congress and the longest-serving female in the chamber's history. During a lingering bout of shingles earlier this year and ongoing reports of her mental decline, Feinstein resisted pressure from her own party to resign her seat. Former Speaker and fellow San Franciscan Nancy Pelosi delivere…
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