One night, Boxer remembers, they had dinner together and discussed that while they may disagree, “we will do no harm. Feinstein fought for Central Valley water interests. The two California senators are both Democrats, but their philosophies and policies diverged with Boxer more progressive and Feinstein more moderate. Is Dianne Feinstein coming back? Democrats ‘panicking’ over her ongoing Senate absence While she has had a lifetime of public service, it is obvious she can no longer fulfill her duties.” She made the announcement hours after Khanna tweeted: “We need to put the country ahead of personal loyalty. To appease her critics, she announced this week that she would temporarily step back from her role on the Judiciary Committee, which - without Feinstein’s deciding vote - has built a backlog of President Biden’s judicial nominations to advance to the federal bench. ![]() Scott Applewhite, File)įeinstein already had announced that she would not seek a sixth term in 2024. Feinstein’s vote is critical to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees to the federal courts, but Feinstein is away from the Senate indefinitely as she recovers from the shingles. Feinstein’s months-long absence from the Senate has become a growing problem for Democrats. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrives for the Senate Democratic Caucus leadership election at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. “But I guess it was Pete Seeger who wrote there’s a season for everything … turn, turn, turn.” Sen. That’s why I’m saying it’s really hard,” Boxer said. “She so loves the work, the ability to make a difference. She has missed more than 60 votes so far this year, leading a number of her fellow Democrats to call for her resignation, including Bay Area Congressmember Ro Khanna.Īlthough Boxer said it’s Feinstein’s decision, she said she has reached out to those close to the ailing senator and made it clear that if she were in Feinstein’s place, “I would call together the people who love me the most, and I would call my doctors and I would call my colleagues who I trust the most and make a decision.”īut Boxer stopped short of saying what that decision should be while acknowledging that it would be difficult for Feinstein to leave because she has always seen her job “as a calling.” “But having said that, you’ve got to be able to do the job.”įeinstein has been unable to do that job for the past two months as the 89-year-old and oldest member of the U.S. There’s no question about it,” Boxer told the Bay Area News Group on Friday. The longer you stay, the better you’ll feel, the more you’ll get done.”īoxer took the advice to heart and stayed in office 24 years before retiring in 2017. senators from California in 1992 - a historic victory for women - Feinstein sat Boxer down and told her, “You’ve got to stick with this. She retired from the senate at 76 years old.When Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein were first elected U.S. She co-sponsored the Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2005 to improve women’s access to health care and allow them emergency contraception, as well as establishing teen pregnancy prevention programs. She authored a bill to protect against commercial airline attacks by shoulder-fired missiles. She was re-elected for a second and third term against republican runners.ĭuring her time in office, Boxer fought for reproductive rights and L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights. That year was called the Year of the Woman. Boxer beat the republican Mel Levine and was elected as a U.S. That year, senator Alan Cranston retired, creating an open seat contest. House of Representatives in 1983 and continued serving until 1993. Boxer’s political career continued to flourish as she became a member of the U.S. ![]() In 1976, she was elected to the Marin County Board of Supervisors as the Board’s first female president where she served for the next six years. Afterward, she pursued a career in journalism and worked for “Pacific Sun” for a member of Congress, John Burton. The family relocated to California and had two children, Doug and Nicole.īoxer’s political career began in 1972 when she ran for office and lost. Boxer entered the workforce as a stockbroker while her husband attended law school. Upon graduation, she married Stewart Boxer. She attended Brooklyn College where she was a cheerleader and joined the Delta Phi Epsilon, graduating with a Bachelor’s in economics. ![]() Her parents Sophie and Ira Levy were Jewish immigrants. Barbara Sue Levy Boxer was born on November 11, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York.
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