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Thread #100364   Message #2012038
Posted By: beardedbruce
30-Mar-07 - 03:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Can't be - she's a Democrat
Subject: RE: BS: Can't be - she's a Democrat
"She previously served as the Ranking Member of the Military Construction and Veteran Affairs Subcommittee. "

http://feinstein.senate.gov/biography.html

"Spouse (1) Judge Jack Berman, div.
(2) Bertram Feinstein, deceased
(3) Richard C. Blum "

"Feinstein has received scrutiny for husband Richard Blum's extensive business dealings with China and her past votes on trade issues with the country. As a result, her financial disclosure statement[1] -- nearly the size of a phonebook -- draws clear lines between her assets and those of her husband. Many of her assets are in blind trusts. On March 29, 2007, she resigned from the Senate Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein.

In 2003, Feinstein was ranked the fifth wealthiest senator, with an estimated net worth of $26 million. [3] By 2005 her net worth had increased to between $43 million and $99 million dollars [2]."

"The Center for Public Integrity has reported that Feinstein and her husband, Richard Blum, are making millions of dollars from Iraq and Afghanistan contracts through his company, Perini[7]. In late March 2007, she resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee [8]. While on the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions to her husband's firms[9]. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein