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Senator Feinstein's Statement on President Bush's FY2006 Budget (2/7/05) “With the extraordinary costs of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and making his tax cuts permanent, the only way President Bush can even provide an appearance of bringing the budget into balance is to make substantial and dramatic cuts in domestic spending.
******************* Statement of Senator Feinstein on Bill to Fund Rural Schools and Transportation Projects (2/4/05) “I am pleased to join Senators Larry Craig and Ron Wyden as a cosponsor of legislation to re-authorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. ******************* How Far Will Gambling Go? An editorial in the Los Angeles Times - In support of Senator Feinstein's Legislation on Indian Gaming (2/4/05) Bay Area officials were shocked when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced last year that he had negotiated a compact with the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians to open a giant 5,000-slot-machine casino in San Pablo, twice as many slots as in any other tribal casino in California and more than in any casino in Las Vegas. ******************* Social Security Reform My vow not to throw Social Security overboard (2/4/05) Social Security has provided America's senior citizens with a guaranteed retirement income since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed it into law 70 years ago, and I believe it would be a dramatic mistake to privatize even part of the system. ******************* 44 Senators Urge Bush Not to Increase National Debt to Pay for His Social Security Plan (2/3/05) Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today joined 43 of her Senate colleagues in the Democratic Caucus to send a letter to President Bush urging him to limit the need for federal borrowing in his Social Security proposal.
******************* Senator Feinstein Calls on President Bush to Continue Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research (2/3/05) Washington, DC – In reaction to comments by President Bush in last night’s State of the Union address, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today made the following statement: ******************* Reaction of Senator Dianne Feinstein to the State of the Union Address (2/2/05) “Parts of this speech were broad and soaring, but I had a real problem with what the President said on Social Security. I think it would be a major mistake to unravel the most important social program in American history, which provides a guaranteed retirement benefit that extends to all Americans.
******************* Feinstein, Woolsey Introduce Bills To Save Historic Angel Island Site (2/2/05) Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) today introduced identical legislation to preserve and restore the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Daniel Akaka (D-HI) are cosponsors of the legislation in the Senate, and Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D- San Francisco) and House Resources Committee member Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) are supporting the bill in the House.
******************* “According to yesterday’s Washington Post Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recently wrote to then-Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham expressing his support for funding in next year’s budget to resume the study of developing a Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP).
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Today's floor schedule for the Senate.
