Dianne Feinstein, the oldest politician in the US Senate, has died at the age of 90. The Democrat has recently repeatedly struggled with her health.
Democratic US Senator Dianne Feinstein is dead. President Joe Biden’s party colleague died at the age of 90, as several US media outlets unanimously reported on Friday. The longest-serving US senator has recently had to repeatedly struggle with health problems.
Feinstein, who was born in San Francisco, California, was first elected to the Senate in 1992 and enjoyed great recognition across party lines. In the Congressional Chamber, she was in charge of hundreds of bills and chaired the powerful Intelligence Committee for years.
In 1994, she wrote a law banning semi-automatic rifles. She also prepared a 6,700-page report on the CIA’s secret torture program during the “War on Terror.”
Fight against lax gun laws
One of Feinstein’s main concerns was the fight against lax gun laws in the USA. Before her election to the Senate, she became mayor of San Francisco in 1978, among other things, after her predecessor George Moscone and gay rights activist Harvey Milk were shot in City Hall.
Feinstein was elected to the Senate in 1992, becoming the first woman from California. She became the longest-serving senator in history there.
The Democrats have a very narrow majority of 51 of the 100 seats in the Senate. After Feinstein’s death, the governor of California, Democrat Gavin Newsom, can appoint a successor.
Source: Stern
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