Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]

Attacks Get Personal as Campaign Calendar Ticks Down to Election Day

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...One day, I'm suspending my campaign. The next day, I'm not." "I thought John McCain was very erratic in how he behaved," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said, on CBS. The "erratic" claim follows a new Obama ad, slated to start running Monday on nati

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Campaigns get personal; McCain called 'erratic'

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...about a deal. Obama's surrogates were well-synchronized on the Sunday talk shows, with Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Dianne Feinstein of California using the word "erratic" to describe McCain's handling of the unprecedented financial rescue pac

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Obama allies warn McCain camp to back off attacks

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...sentences across the talk show circuit. "This is going to be a month, I think, of character assassination," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., an Obama supporter, said on CBS's "Face the Nation." Indeed, McCain adviser Greg Strimple predicted "a very aggr

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Obama, McCain trading barbs

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...of McCain. "One day, no bailout. The next day, a bailout. One day, I'm suspending my campaign. The next day, I'm not." Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said, "I thought John McCain was very erratic in how he behaved." The ad refers to McCain advisers sa

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Campaigns get personal, McCain called 'erratic'

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

Guests on today's TV news shows

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

...1 a.m. Monday on Channel 5, 9:30 a.m. today on Channel 13 — Guests: Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Democrat; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat; Rep. Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican; Rep. Heather Wilson, New Mexico Republican. •NBC’s “M

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North state regains timber funding in relief measure

2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

...funding stayed in place. He acknowledged the work Rep. Wally Herger has done for the coalition and the support Sen. Dianne Feinstein offered, calling her "a real outstanding cheerleader." "As president I'm greatly appreciative of the all the hard work,"

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NRA plans a wider ad assault on Barack Obama in battleground states

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...ban magazines." Obama's stand on guns might not be such a bad thing in the view of many Californians. Led by state Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Washington and California politicians including Gray Davis and outgoing state Senate leader Don Perata, Californi

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Editorial: A lot riding on rail-safety bill

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...to be done right now to make rail travel on the Ventura County to Los Angeles route — and many others — safer. As Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., asked after the crash: "How can you put commuter trains on the same track as freight trains — going

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Larkin Street to Launch 25th Anniversary Year With Paving the Way Gala

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...at Larkin Street exit street life. For more information, please visit www.larkinstreetyouth.org. Organization Honors Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Celebrates Helping Over 70,000 Homeless and At-Risk Youth in San Francisco - Larkin Street Youth Services Nic

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Bailout discussion keeps Natomas cafe owner engaged

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...cafe in a Natomas office park, the TV is tuned to CNN, the radio to NPR and the owner is on the phone trying to let Sen. Dianne Feinstein know what she thinks about the proposed $700 billion bailout. Want an opinion with that scone? "How about some tric

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$700-Billion Bailout Clears Senate

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...the bill accused their colleagues of irresponsibly using taxpayer’s dollars. “It’s the only move we could make,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told CNSNews.com after the vote on Wednesday night. “If we were concerned about the livelihood

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Senate easily passes bailout

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...they cited the fact that the bill has been significantly improved from the Bush administration’s original Sept. 18 proposal. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she has received 82,000 calls or e-mails from constituents opposed to the plan, and only

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Former top federal prosecutor in S.F. was seen as

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

...Gonzales. The report said Ryan had not asked why he was being ordered to resign and had not returned phone calls from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a leading congressional critic of the firings. But in mid-January 2007, as Gonzales was preparing to

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Former top federal prosecutor in S.F. was seen as 'paranoid'

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

Q&A: Governor's top water exec is hot for $10 billion bond

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

...Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a drought emergency this summer, and he is negotiating with Sen. Dianne Feinstein and state lawmakers on a $10 billion bond for water storage and conservation. In the midst of it all is Lester Snow, 57, who has served sinc

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California took on energy crisis, now it faces water crisis

2008-09-28T00:00:00Z

...a sustainable water supply system capable of meeting the needs of consumers now and in the future. The governor and Sen. Dianne Feinstein have proposed a comprehensive solution to California's water crisis. It addresses conservation as well as new groun

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California Briefing

2008-09-28T00:00:00Z

...Bermudez Congress OKs firefighting funds Congress has approved $910 million in emergency firefighting funding sought by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) during a year when more than 1.2 million acres have already burned in California. The money wi

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Proposition 8 at a glance

2008-09-28T00:00:00Z

...Party. Gay rights advocates, the American Civil Liberties Union, liberal churches, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein are among the initiative's opponents, who argue that it would be wrong to take away a right once it has been gra

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Dianne Feinstein Floor Statement on the Economic Rescue Proposal

2008-09-28T00:00:00Z

Before I do so, I wish to pay particular commendation to Senator Dodd, Senator Schumer, Senator Bennett, and others who have been working so hard on this ...

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