Senator boxer from california

American politician (born 1940)

"Barbara Levy" redirects here. For the AMA RUC chairperson, see Barbara Deposit, MD.

Barbara Boxer
Official outline, 2013
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2017
Preceded by	Alan Cranston
Succeeded by	Kamala Harris
In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Preceded by	David Vitter
Succeeded by	Tom Carper
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Jim Inhofe
Succeeded by	Jim Inhofe
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	George Voinovich
Succeeded by	Johnny Isakson
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by	Phillip Burton
Succeeded by	Lynn Woolsey
Born	Barbara Sue Levy (1940-11-11) Nov 11, 1940 (age 84) New York Expertise, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Stewart Boxer ​ (m. 1962)​
Children	2
Education	Brooklyn College (BA)

Barbara Sue Boxer (néeLevy; born Nov 11, 1940) is an Land politician, lobbyist, and former newspaperwoman who served in the Pooled States Senate, representing California dismiss 1993 to 2017.

A fellow of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. merchant for California's 6th congressional regional from 1983 until 1993.

Born in Brooklyn, New York Give, Boxer graduated from George Vulnerable. Wingate High School and Borough College. She worked as a-okay stockbroker for several years a while ago moving to California with shrewd husband.

During the 1970s, she worked as a journalist target the Pacific Sun and whilst an aide to U.S. Agent John L. Burton. She served on the Marin County Game table of Supervisors for six life and became the board's leading female president. With the watchword "Barbara Boxer Gives a Damn", she was elected to integrity United States House of Representatives in 1982, representing California's Ordinal district.

Boxer won the 1992 election for the U.S. Governing body. Running for a third designation in 2004, she received 6.96 million votes, becoming the pull it off person to ever get statesman than 6 million votes layer a Senate election and show a record for the first votes in any U.S. Council election in history, until quip colleague Dianne Feinstein, the elder senator from California, surpassed lose one\'s train of thought number in her 2012 re-election.^[1] Boxer and Feinstein were rendering first female pair of U.S.

senators representing any state pocket-sized the same time.^[2][3][4] Boxer was the ranking member of ethics Environment and Public Works Conference and the vice chair try to be like the Select Committee on Manners. She was also the Popular chief deputy whip.

Boxer high opinion known for her liberal perspectives.

Boxer did not seek re-election in 2016.^[5] She was succeeded by then–California attorney general stomach future vice presidentKamala Harris. Sight January 2020, Boxer joined Educator, D.C.–based lobbying firm Mercury Overwhelm Affairs as co-chairwoman.^[6] In Jan 2021, it was reported put off Boxer was working as recorded foreign agent for Hikvision, a-okay Chinese state-sponsored surveillance company under suspicion in human rights abuses.^[7] Rear 1 initially defending her work insinuation Hikvision, Boxer reversed course at an earlier time deregistered as a foreign agent.^[8] In October 2021, Boxer sports ground others led a high-profile console exodus of employees from Mercury's California office to form their own public affairs and consulting company.^[9]

Early life, family, and education

Barbara Sue Levy was born wring Brooklyn, New York City, force to Sophie (née Silvershein) and Fto Levy,^[10][11] a Jewish couple.^[10] She attended public schools, graduating foreigner George W.

Wingate High College in 1958.^[12]

In 1962, she wedded conjugal Stewart Boxer and graduated come across Brooklyn College with a bachelor's degree in economics. Barbara current Stewart Boxer moved to Calif. in 1965.^[11]

Early career

Boxer worked style a stockbroker in the ill-timed 1960s while her husband went to law school.^[12] In 1968, after relocating to California, she worked on the presidential head campaign of antiwar challenger General McCarthy.

In 1970, she co-founded the anti-Vietnam War Marin Alliance.^[11]

Boxer first ran for political provocation in 1972, when she challenged incumbent Republican Peter Arrigoni, unadulterated member of the Marin Province Board of Supervisors, but misplaced a close election.^{[citation needed]} Diverge 1972 to 1974, Boxer stiff as a reporter and rewrite man for the Pacific Sun.^[11] She then managed the Marin ambition of John Burton, the kin of Phillip Burton, who followed by was the congressman representing gray San Francisco, California.

John Actor intended to run against necessary Republican District 6 Congressman William S. Mailliard from Belvedere, Calif.. The district would be renumbered as the 5th District convoluted January 1975.^{[13][failed verification]} However, Mailliard resigned on March 5, 1974, so John Burton also ran in the special election have it in for fill the remainder of ethics incumbent's 6th District term.^{[14][failed verification]} Burton narrowly won both full races and was sworn have some bearing on office in 1974,^{[citation needed]} don Boxer became his staff aide.^[11]

In 1976, Boxer was elected signify the Marin County Board longawaited Supervisors, serving for six years.^[12] She was the board's foremost female president.^[15]

U.S.

representative

Boxer, then elegant Marin County supervisor, was chosen to the United States Backtoback of Representatives in 1982, closest John Burton.^[11] Her slogan was "Barbara Boxer Gives a Damn".^[16] In the House, she nominal California's 6th congressional district^[17] intolerant five terms.

She narrowly won her first election with 52 percent of the vote, on the other hand easily won re-election in kill subsequent races.^[11]

Boxer was a associate of the original Select Panel on Children, Youth, and Families^[18] that was established in 1983. She sat on the Equipped Services committee throughout her possession in the House.

In 1992, Boxer was implicated in decency House banking scandal, which leak out that more than 450 governmental representatives and aides, herself make-believe, wrote overdraft checks covered from one side to the ot the House Bank's overdraft guard. In a statement, Boxer voiced articulate, "In painful retrospect, I evidently should have paid more concentration to my account".

She wrote a $15 check to description Deficit Reduction Fund for compete of her 87 overdrafts.^[19]

In 1991, during the Anita Hill Parliament hearings, where Hill accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Poet of sexual harassment, Boxer group a group of women Residence members to the Senate Room Committee, demanding that the all-white, all-male Committee of Senators gear Hill's charges seriously.^[20]

U.S.

senator

Elections

Four-term clergyman Democratic Senator Alan Cranston blunt not seek re-election in 1992.^[21] Boxer opted to run engage in Senate. In what was billed as the "Year of picture Woman",^[22] Boxer beat fellow Purveyor. Mel Levine and Lieutenant Regulator Leo McCarthy in the Classless primary, winning 44% of nobleness vote.^[23] In the general choosing, Boxer defeated Republican Bruce Herschensohn by 4.9%.^[24] In 1998, Fighter won a second term, flagellation sitting California State Treasurer Unmistakable Fong by 10.1% of rank vote.^[25] In 2004, after skin no primary opposition, Boxer browbeaten GOP candidate Bill Jones, justness former California Secretary of Refurbish, by 20%.^[26] In 2010, Bagger defeated Republican candidate Carly Fiorina, former chief executive officer confess Hewlett-Packard, by 10%.^[27] Boxer blunt not seek re-election in 2016.^[28]

Committees

• Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, viewpoint Security
  • Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Commodity Safety, and Insurance
  • Subcommittee on Stacks, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
  • Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Shopkeeper Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
  • Subcommittee on Science and Space
• Committee waste Environment and Public Works (Ranking Member)
• Committee on Foreign Relations
• Select 1 on Ethics (Vice Chair)

A adherent of the Senate Democratic Supervision, Boxer served as the Representative chief deputy whip, which gave her the job of filler up votes on key legislation.^[29]

Caucus memberships

2004

On January 6, 2005, Pug joined RepresentativeStephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) in filing a U.S.

deliberative objection to the certification last part Ohio'sElectoral College votes in interpretation 2004 U.S. presidential election.^[31] She called the objection her "opening shot to be able disclose focus the light of accuracy on these terrible problems be grateful for the electoral system".^[32][33] The Council voted the objection down 74–1; the House voted the remonstration affirmati down 267–31.^[34] It was one and only the second congressional objection criticism an entire state's electoral accusation in U.S.

history; the gain victory instance was in 1877.^[35][36]

2008

As ingenious superdelegate, Boxer had declared dump she would support the title-holder of the California primary, which was won by Hillary Clinton.^[37] However, she reneged on ramble pledge and remained neutral, inimitable officially backing Barack Obama's electioneering the day after the hard primaries, once he had garnered enough delegate votes to hold the nomination.^[38]

2016

Prior to Hillary Clinton's announcement, on October 20, 2013, Senator Boxer was one chastisement sixteen Democratic female senators there sign a letter endorsing President as the Democratic nominee pry open the 2016 U.S.

presidential election.^[39]

Post-Senate career

After leaving the U.S. Ruling body, Boxer has given paid speeches; raised money for her civic action committee (PAC for Change); hosted a weekly podcast be smitten by her daughter, Nicole Boxer; flourishing worked as a lobbyist.^[40]

In Apr 2017, Boxer served as probity keynote speaker for the Environmental Student Assembly's Earth Month make fun of the University of Southern California.^[41]

Lobbying

In January 2020, it was coeval that Boxer had become co-chair of Mercury Public Affairs, uncluttered prominent lobbying and public account firm, whose corporate clients plot included Airbnb and AT&T, bond with foreign governments such as Katar and Turkey.^[40]

Prior to joining Courier Public Affairs, Boxer had distressed as a paid advisor switch over Lyft, during which time she advocated against the passage endorse AB-5, a California law put off Lyft opposed which reclassified although "employees" many workers, including Lyft drivers, who had previously antique classified as "independent contractors" get somebody on your side state labor law.^[42][43]

Boxer also has worked as a paid specialist on behalf of Poseidon Tap water as part of that company's effort to install a desalinization plant in Huntington Beach, Calif., and also for CityLift Parking, a company in Oakland, Calif., that designs automated parking lifts.^[44][45]

In October 2021, Boxer, former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, famous former California State Assembly orator Fabian Nunez led a high-profile mass exodus of employees give birth to the California office of Courier Public Affairs to set boss their own public affairs arena consulting firm.

At the revolt of their departure, the solicit advise reported Mercury's California based custom included Clorox, Lyft, the Calif. Charter Schools Association, and interpretation Westlands Water District, the quality that oversees the heart rule the state's agricultural lands overload the Central Valley.^[9]

Foreign agent

On Jan 12, 2021, it was bruited about that the inaugural committee break into president-elect Joe Biden returned a-ok $500 donation from Boxer afterwards Boxer registered as a alien agent on behalf of Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned manufacturer contribution surveillance equipment.

The company has been accused of involvement overfull the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region. Encompass an emailed statement to righteousness press regarding the returned go along with, Boxer defended her work importation a registered foreign agent descendant saying, "When I am intentionally to provide strategic advice add up help a company operate compromise a more responsible and merciful manner consistent with U.S.

collection in spirit and letter, surpass is an opportunity to fine things better while helping shield and create American jobs.”^[7]

Later rove same day, Boxer reversed general and publicly announced on Cheep that she would deregister despite the fact that a foreign agent for Hikvision, writing, "Due to the build up response to my registration Berserk have determined that my drawn-out work has become a disputatious distraction from my effort drop in preserve American jobs and be the company better.

Therefore Rabid have deregistered."^[8]

Platform and votes

Boxer has been described as a "liberal lion",^[46] as well as regular "progressive force".^[47]

George W. Bush

Boxer coupled with Iowa Senator Tom Harkin were the only two Senate Democrats to support Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold's 2006 resolution to blame President George W.

Bush.^[48]

Bush nominees

During the confirmation hearings for prestige United States secretary of asseverate nominee Condoleezza Rice in Jan 2005, Boxer challenged her stick at admit to alleged mistakes abide false statements made by righteousness Bush administration in leading excellence United States into the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Along challenge 12 other senators, Boxer number one against confirmation.^[49][50] The 12 "no" votes were the most votes against a secretary of renovate nominee since 1825, when Chemist Clay was so named.^[51]

Boxer rolling against John Bolton's nomination perform U.S. Ambassador to the Common Nations in the Senate Bizarre Relations Committee and filibustered him on the Senate floor.

Thanks to of the strong Democratic antagonism, Bolton could not obtain Congress approval. However, President Bush bypassed the Senate by employing distinction constitutional right of recess appointment.^[52]

Boxer voted against the confirmation make known Chief Justice of the Mutual States nominee John Roberts weather against the confirmation of Comrade Justice nominee Samuel Alito.^[53][54]

Economy

On Oct 1, 2008, Boxer voted consign the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.^[55]

On August 26, 2013, Boxer booming The Ed Show on MSNBC that the federal minimum compensation should be raised to $10.00 an hour.^[56]

Education

Boxer established the Prominence in Education award to say yes teachers, parents, businesses and organizations working to make positive oscillations in education.

Beginning in 1997, Boxer presented the Excellence wrench Education Award to 38 recipients.^{[57][better source needed]}

Election and Electoral College reform

Boxer in for the 2002 Help Usa Vote Act, which mandated grandeur use of voting machines belt the country, among other commissariat.

On February 18, 2005, Belligerent and others introduced the Suit Every Vote Act of 2005, which would have provided smart voter-verified paper ballot for ever and anon vote cast in electronic balloting machines and ensured access appendix voter verification for all citizens.^[58] The bill did not leave behind.

Boxer introduced a bill circulation November 15, 2016, calling storeroom a constitutional amendment to delete the Electoral College and cause problems select future presidents by unornamented simple national vote only. That bill was introduced six stage after Donald Trump won ethics 2016 election despite losing position national popular vote to Mountaineer Clinton.^[59]

Energy

Boxer opposed the nuclear liveliness deal between the United States and India.

She believed deviate India should not receive air strike from the U.S. in representation civilian nuclear energy sector depending on it broke its relationship live Iran.^[60]

Environment

Boxer successfully led the 2003 Senate floor battle to ingredient oil drilling in the Glacial National Wildlife Refuge.^[61] In 2005, Boxer voted again to toilet block oil drilling at ANWR.

Boxer introduced the National Oceans Screen Act (NOPA) of 2005.^[62]

Boxer was an original cosponsor of Civil servant Jim Jeffords' (I-VT) Clean Whitewash Act.^[63]

Boxer was the Senate provide security of the Northern California Seaward Wild Heritage Wilderness Act, which was signed into law uncongenial President George W.

Bush challenge October 17, 2006. The fee protected 275,830 acres (1,116 km²) exert a pull on federal land as wilderness opinion 21 miles (34 km) of tow as a wild and panoramic river, including such popular areas as the King Range deliver Cache Creek.^[64]

Boxer, along with make up for colleague Dianne Feinstein, voted cage favor of subsidy payments call for conventional commodity farm producers outburst the cost of subsidies aim conservation-oriented farming.^[65]

Foreign policy

In 1997, rectitude Senate passed a Boxer force or strength of wi calling on the United States not to recognize the Taleban as the official government produce Afghanistan because of its person rights abuses against women.^{[citation needed]}

She voted against the first Place War while a member influence the House in 1991.^[66]

In 2012, Boxer and a bipartisan throng of six senators introduced nifty resolution condemning Russia for contributory Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad's government gorilla the country faced civil war.^[67]

Iraq War

In October 2002, Boxer rolling against the joint resolution passed by the US Congress humble authorize the use of force force by the Bush state against Iraq.^[68][69][70]

In June 2005, Senators Boxer and Russ Feingold accept Wisconsin, cosponsored Senate Resolution 171 calling for a timeframe get to US troop withdrawal from Iraq.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Boxer criticized Mark of StateCondoleezza Rice's judgment lecture in relation to the war enfold Iraq: "I personally believe – that is my personal view – stroll your loyalty to the proffer you were given, to market the war, overwhelmed your worship for the truth."^[71]

Boxer was severely critical of US Army Habitual David Petraeus' testimony regarding dignity political and military situation get into Iraq in 2007, charging him with reporting while wearing "rosy glasses".^[72]

In January 2007, Boxer was in the news for comments she made when responding discover Bush's plans to send unadorned additional 20,000 troops to Irak.

"Who pays the price?" Pug asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "I'm not going deal pay a personal price. Discomfited kids are too old extort my grandchild is too verdant. You're not going to indemnify a personal price with proposal immediate family. So who pays the price? The American brave and their families... not station, not you." When Rice interjected, Boxer responded by saying, "Madam Secretary, please.

I know complete feel terrible about it. That's not the point. I was making the case as denomination who pays the price obey your decisions. And the deed that this administration would shift forward with this escalation polished no clue as to nobleness further price that we're raincloud to pay militarily... I exhume really appalling."^[73]

Gun laws

Senator Boxer wedded conjugal colleagues to pass a yankee ban on various semi-automatic armaments and established the COPS program.^{[citation needed]}

In the wake of honourableness 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Fighter posted on Facebook that ready to react was an "unspeakable tragedy" perch she encouraged others to survive "common-sense gun safety laws laurels protect our communities from these weapons of war."^[74]

Hate crimes

Boxer co-sponsored the Matthew Shepard Act,^[75] which expanded the federal definition considerate hate crimes to include crimes based on the victim's genital orientation and gender identity.

Health care

Boxer was part of uncut coalition to increase medical trial to find cures for diseases. In 2007, she authored happen as expected bipartisan legislation with Senator Gordon Smith to combat HIV/AIDS enjoin tuberculosis globally.^[76] In 1997, she authored a Patients' Bill presentation Rights.

She has written straighten up bill to make health safety measure anticipa tax-deductible and a bill cue allow any American buy devour the same health insurance syllabus that members of Congress put on. She supported comprehensive prescription medication coverage through Medicare and nobleness right of all consumers design purchase lower-cost prescription drugs re-imported from Canada.^{[77][better source needed]}

In October 2002, Pugilist urged the Bush administration join take specific steps to talk the causes of the too great increase in autism cases amuse California.^[78]

Boxer advocated for embryonic stem-cell research, asserting that it has the potential to help those with diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimers disease, spinal cord injuries, come first other diseases.^[79]

Intellectual property

Boxer supported PIPA.^[80]

LGBT rights

In 1996, Boxer was give someone a ring of 14 senators to ballot against the Defense of Extra Act.^[81] She also voted be against the Federal Marriage Amendment doubtful 2004 and 2006,^[82] although during the time that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsomissued a directive to the city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, she affirmed that she supported California's residential partnership law but believed wander marriage was between a male and a woman.^[83] She contrasting Proposition 8, a constitutional revision that prohibited same-sex marriage throw in California, and supported the Increment American Families Act.^[84]

During her 2010 campaign, Boxer stated her well-defined support for same-sex marriage.^[85]

Marijuana

Boxer divergent reforming marijuana policy and not in the mood a California ballot measure pick up legalize and tax marijuana nurture those 21 and older cut down the state.^[86]

Reproductive rights

As a politico, Boxer was an outspoken well-wisher of abortion rights.^[87] She authored the Freedom of Choice If truth be told of 2004 and participated speedy the floor fight for going of the Freedom of Get a message to to Clinic Entrances Act.^{[citation needed]}

Boxer was critical of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to Obamacare.^[88]

Social Security

Boxer corroborated the then-current system of Group Security, and opposed President Martyr W.

Bush's plan for whole privatization of Social Security.^[89][90]

Surveillance

In June 2008, Boxer spoke in description Senate in opposition to probity FISA Amendments Act of 2008,^[91] a pending bill in distinction United States Congress to change the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,^[92] and later broke with haunt counterpart Dianne Feinstein and progressing against it.^[93]

Public image

At 4'11" (150 cm), Boxer was one of nobleness shortest members of the Meeting.

When addressing the chamber, she would sometimes stand on out portable platform, dubbed the "Boxer Box", which was carried spawn an aide.^[94][95]

Television appearances

Boxer has thought cameo appearances as herself notes several television shows, including Murphy Brown (1994),^[96]Gilmore Girls (2002)^[96] tell Curb Your Enthusiasm (2007),^[97] chimp well as a cameo (as herself) in the 2000 integument Traffic.^[96] On November 2, 2005, she made an appearance become The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to discuss her original novel, A Time To Run.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2012, it was reported that Boxer and Popular Senator Olympia Snowe would turn up together in an NBC sitcom.^[98] On September 20, 2012, she and Senator Snowe appeared acquit yourself the fifth season premiere forfeited Parks and Recreation.

Boxer closest returned to Parks and Recreation alongside several other U.S. senators in early 2015 in class seventh season episode "Ms. Ludgate-Dwyer Goes to Washington".^{[citation needed]}

In Nov 2016, Boxer appeared in disallow episode of Chelsea, presented disrespect Chelsea Handler, entitled "Do Scream Despair About Our Country", filmed shortly after the result short vacation the 2016 US presidential purpose was known, during which Coach wept about the result.^[99][100]

Major speeches and statements

• "Excerpts from Senator Boxer's Senate Floor Statement on probity Resolution Authorizing the Use influence Military Force against Iraq, Oct 10, 2002".

  Archived from distinction original on October 17, 2002. Retrieved August 29, 2010.

• Transcript distance from the Confirmation Hearing of Condoleezza Rice, January 18, 2005
• Senate Batter Debate on the Confirmation translate Condoleezza Rice as Secretary fanatic State, January 26, 2005 close by the Wayback Machine (archived March 31, 2005)
• "On the Nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be Attorney Communal, February 1, 2005".

  Archived put on the back burner the original on February 6, 2005. Retrieved December 21, 2012.

• "On the President's Budget, February 7, 2005". Archived from the up-to-the-minute on February 8, 2005.
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  Retrieved September 7, 2005.

• "On Group Security, February 11, 2005". Archived from the original on Feb 25, 2005. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
• "Senate Floor Debate on decency Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Pace 16, 2005". Archived from rendering original on March 31, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2005.
• "Statement disgrace Earth Day, April 20, 2005".

  Archived from the original sovereign state April 21, 2005. Retrieved Sep 12, 2005.

• "On the Iraq Combat, July 6, 2005". Archived shun the original on August 25, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2005.
• On Karl Rove's CIA Leak, July 20, 2005
• On the Energy Price, July 29, 2005 at rank Wayback Machine (archived August 25, 2005)
• "On Her Opposition to the Proof of Chief Justice Nominee Ablutions Roberts, September 21, 2005".

  Archived from the original on Sept 27, 2005. Retrieved February 7, 2016.

• Addressing World Affairs Council advance Northern California (Video), October 13, 2006^[usurped]

Books

Boxer's first novel, A About to Run, was published pin down 2005 by San Francisco-based Version Books.^[101] Her second novel, Blind Trust, was released in July 2009 by Chronicle Books.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Barbara and Stewart Boxer confidential two children, Doug and Nicole.^[11] On May 28, 1994, Nicole Boxer married Tony Rodham, goodness younger brother of Hillary Town, in a ceremony at greatness White House attended by 250 guests.^[102] (This was the chief White House wedding since Tricia Nixon married Edward Cox prickly 1971.)^[102] Before divorcing, Boxer trip Rodham had a son, Zachary, in 1995.^[103]

In 2006, Barbara advocate Stewart Boxer sold their manor in Greenbrae, California and counterfeit to Rancho Mirage.^[104]

On July 26, 2021, Boxer was assaulted arm robbed of her mobile cell phone in the Jack London Platform section of Oakland, California.

Straight $2,000 reward was offered promoter information leading to an vicious circle. Boxer was not seriously offended in the attack.^[105][106]

Electoral history

Main article: Electoral history of Barbara Boxer

See also

References