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On January 24, 2013, Dianne Feinstein and 24 Democratic cosponsors introduced S. 150, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, into the U.S. Senate. [19] [20] The bill was similar to the 1994 federal ban, but differed in that it used a one-feature test for a firearm to qualify as an assault weapon rather than the two-feature test of the 1994 ban. [21]
One of the first votes new Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich cast was against legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school ...
[19] Sen. John Barrasso, the third-ranking Senate Republican, said he had "a lot of concerns" about red flag laws. [20] On June 9, 2022, the House passed (Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order),a bill to nationalize red flag laws, which seek to keep guns away from individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others. [21]
[185] [186] Feinstein said of the bill, "The common thread in each of these shootings is the gunman used a semi-automatic assault weapon or large-capacity ammunition magazines. Military assault weapons only have one purpose, and in my opinion, it's for the military." [187] The bill failed on a Senate vote of 60 to 40. [188]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who made history as a champion for gun control and was California’s longest-serving U.S. senator, died at her home in Washington, her office announced Friday ...
The assassination forever altered the course of Feinstein's political career and shaped her views on gun control — a defining legacy for the U.S. senator, who died Friday at age 90.
Feinstein introduced a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the Respect for Marriage Act, in the 112th Congress. [98] The bill was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 10, 2011. [99] She introduced a private bill to keep together a bi-national same-sex couple. [100]
As a senator, Ms Feinstein helped pass the Assault Weapons Ban and as chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, she led attempts to uncover the United States’s use of torture after 9/11.