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Sep 9, 2021 · Former Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, who spent nearly a quarter-century in Congress before stepping down at age 76, has some advice for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who was sworn in alongside her in ...
Jul 27, 2021 · OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed Monday in Oakland, California, her son said. The assault happened in the Jack London Square neighborhood, according to a tweet on Boxer’s verified Twitter account. “The assailant pushed her in the back, stole her cell phone and jumped in a waiting car,” the ...
Until the day she left the United States Senate in January 2017, Barbara Boxer has been a forceful advocate for families, children, consumers the environment and her state of California. Boxer served 24 years in the Senate, 10 years in the House, and 6 years on the Marin County Board of Supervisors. A national leader on environmental protection ...
Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein were the first pair of women to be elected together to the United States Senate from the same state in 1992. The two were also the first Jewish female members of the U.S. Senate. Boxer was born on November 11, 1940, to Sophie and Ira Levy, in Brooklyn, New York. In her youth she never contemplated having a ...
Dec 7, 2016 · Analysis: As an era closes, Barbara Boxer defends politics as a ‘noble’ profession. By Cathleen Decker. Dec. 7, 2016 12:40 PM PT. Reporting from Washington —. The winds of change that have ...
Jan 9, 2023 · In 34 years representing the Bay Area in Congress — 10 years in the House of Representatives and 24 in the U.S. Senate — Democrat Barbara Boxer forged a reputation as a feisty liberal firebrand. Boxer jumped into politics in 1976, becoming the first female president of the Marin County Board of Supervisors.
Barbara Boxer served as a U.S. senator from California from 1993 to 2017. Boxer was born November 11, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York. She received a bachelor's degree in economics from Brooklyn College in 1962. She first worked in politics in 1968 as a volunteer for the Eugene McCarthy presidential campaign. In 1970 she helped….
