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Dianne Feinstein was the oldest sitting U.S. senator. she was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to California.

Feinstein was the longest-serving woman in the Senate, and was the oldest member of the chamber.

Tributes are pouring in for Dianne Feinstein, the trailblazing California senator, who has died at 90. President Joe Biden called her “a true trailblazer." Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton said the same. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced to colleagues that “we lost a giant in the Senate.” She was an advocate for liberal priorities but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans. She had been in failing health for months, but refused growing requests to retire.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the "Year of the Woman" and broke gender barriers throughout

The House and Senate now rank among the oldest national legislatures in the world by average age of members.