Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a centrist senator who also was a champion of liberal and women's issues, has died.
Feinstein, the longest-serving senator, was 90. The Californian died at her home in Washington, D.C.
Opening the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that “earlier this morning, we lost a giant in the Senate.”
Feinstein had served since 1992 and was among several trailblazing women elected to Congress that year.
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