Dianne Feinstein

Type: Person

Name: Dianne Feinstein

Title: U.S. Senator From California

Organization: U.S. Senate

Date of Birth: 22/06/1933

Place of Birth: San Francisco

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Dianne Feinstein

First reported 23 mins ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 1 reports

John McCain

Bid to end crop insurance subsidy for tobacco worries burley growers

Kentucky tobacco growers are up in arms over a new proposal to eliminate federal crop insurance programs for tobacco.On Monday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., introduced an amendment to the 2013 Farm Bill to drop the eight ... [Published Kentucky.com - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Tobacco, Dianne Feinstein, Rand Paul, John McCain

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 2 reports

Immigration bill advances in Senate

Resize text0 CommentsTom KarstFresh produce and agricultural leaders praised the Senate Judiciary Committee’s 13 to 5 vote in favor of immigration reform legislation and promised heavy lobbying efforts to help secure the bill’s approval in the full S ... [Published The Grower - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Immigration, Bob Stallman, Orrin Hatch, Washington DC

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 1 hour ago - 5 reports

Senate immigration bill approved by committee in bipartisan vote

(L-R) Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) (back to camera), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) debate during a markup session for the immigration reform legislation now before ... [Published SCPR - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Immigration, Chip Somodevilla, Richard Durbin

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Senate Dems push for stronger international swaps rules

Six Democratic senators want stronger regulations for the international derivatives market.American financial institutions' overseas offices are not currently subject to the same rules as their stateside branches, though the Commodity Futures Trading ... [Published The Hill - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, United States, Gary Gensler, Jeff Merkley

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Patrick Leahy

Senate panel approves immigration bil ...

, photograph, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (left) confers with Senator Chuck Schumer (centre) and Senator Dianne Feinstein as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill on Capitol Hill in Wash ... [Published Sunday Independent - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Immigration, Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 7 reports

Ag immigration compromise survives Senate markup

After tackling nearly 300 amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee completed work on the comprehensive immigration reform bill May 21, including components agreed upon between farm workers and the ag industry to form a new visa program and path to citizenship ... [Published Feedstuffs - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Immigration, Bob Stallman, Arturo Rodriguez, Workers

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Dianne Feinstein

US Senate Committee recommends 5,000 visas for displaced Tibetans; measure faces long process in House & Senate before enactment

International Campaign for TibetThe Senate Judiciary Committee has adopted a measure to provide immigration visas to 5,000 displaced Tibetans residing in India and Nepal. The amendment, offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), was passed by voice vote ... [Published International Campaign For Tibet - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Tibet Autonomous Region, Dianne Feinstein, Displacement

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 reports

Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress - a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee ... [Published Cortez Journal - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Mike Rogers, Dianne Feinstein, Democratic Party (US), US Senate

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Feinstein Applauds Committee Passage of Immigration Reform Bill

Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today praised the committee’s passage of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S. 744), a comprehensive bill ... [Published U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Dianne Feinstein, Immigration Reform, Immigration

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 6 reports

Sens. Feinstein, Mccain: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Tobacco Insurance

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The office of Sen. John McCain issued the following news release:Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John McCain (R-Arizona) today introduced an amendment to the Senate farm bill to eliminate taxpayer subsidized crop insurance ... [Published HighBeam Research - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Tobacco

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Senate panel OKs plan to fingerprint people leaving U.S.

All foreigners departing from the nation's 10 busiest airports will have to have their fingerprints scanned within two years, according to a plan adopted by a Senate panel Monday.The Senate Judiciary Committee has been debating a sweeping immigration ... [Published Reporter - May 20 2013]

Entities: Biometrics, Dianne Feinstein, Immigration, United States

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Feinstein: ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Sexual Assault, Violence in Armed Forces

Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is calling for congressional action to reform the military justice system by removing prosecutorial discretion, including in cases of rape and sexual assault, ... [Published U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein - May 21 2013]

Entities: Sexual Assault, Military/Armed Forces, Dianne Feinstein

Quotes

Feinstein said, "it's time for the american taxpayer to get out of the business of subsidizing tobacco—once and for all. tobacco costs our economy $200 billion in health care costs and lost productivity each year."

Bid to end crop insurance subsidy for tobacco worries burley growers [Published Kentucky.com - 23 mins ago]

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