{"id":26616,"date":"2023-05-20T12:41:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=26616"},"modified":"2023-05-20T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T19:41:28","slug":"pelosis-office-downplays-role-of-eldest-daughter-in-aiding-feinstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/20\/pelosis-office-downplays-role-of-eldest-daughter-in-aiding-feinstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi\u2019s office downplays role of eldest daughter in aiding Feinstein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/author\/shira-stein\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shira Stein<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 18, 2023 (SFChronicle.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 18, 2023 (SFChronicle.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.hdnux.com\/photos\/01\/32\/65\/54\/23812864\/3\/1200x0.jpg\" alt=\"Sen.\u00a0Dianne\u00a0Feinstein is back in Washington after a three-month absence due to the shingles virus.\u00a0\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen.&nbsp;Dianne&nbsp;Feinstein is back in Washington after a three-month absence due to the shingles virus.&nbsp;Shuran Huang\/Special to The Chronicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/feinstein-shingles-complications-18106860.php\">Feinstein experienced complications from shingles virus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/nancypelosi\/\">Former House Speaker&nbsp;Nancy Pelosi\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;office sought to discourage speculation that her family pressured&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/diannefeinstein\/\">Sen. Dianne&nbsp;Feinstein<\/a>&nbsp;to stay in the Senate after a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/dianne-feinstein-senate-return-18088690.php\">nearly three-month absence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pelosi\u2019s eldest daughter, Nancy Corinne&nbsp;Prowda, has been by&nbsp;Feinstein\u2019s side daily as she returned to the Senate, The Chronicle&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/feinstein-returns-senate-18089741.php\">first reported<\/a>&nbsp;May 10. Prowda and Feinstein have been friends for more than three decades and Prowda has been \u201csupporting\u201d Feinstein in her recovery from the shingles virus, Pelosi\u2019s spokesperson Aaron Bennett said in a statement Thursday.&nbsp;<br><br>\u201cSpeaker Emerita Pelosi and Senator Feinstein have been friends since long before their service in Congress&nbsp;\u2014 and their friendship is personal, not political,\u201d&nbsp;Bennett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnyone who knows Senator&nbsp;Feinstein knows that her service in the Senate is entirely her own decision, and Speaker Emerita Pelosi would never suggest otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More for you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/dianne-feinstein-judicial-votes-18093839.php\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/dianne-feinstein-judicial-votes-18093839.php\">Feinstein breaks stalemate over three judges in return to Judiciary Committee<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/dianne-feinstein-judicial-votes-18093839.php\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/dianne-feinstein-judicial-votes-18093839.php\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/feinstein-returns-senate-18089741.php\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/feinstein-returns-senate-18089741.php\">Dianne Feinstein returns to U.S. Senate after months-long absence<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/feinstein-returns-senate-18089741.php\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/feinstein-returns-senate-18089741.php\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some news reports said the arrangement raised questions about whether Pelosi&nbsp;sought to keep Feinstein in her seat as a way to boost Rep. Adam Schiff, who Pelosi has endorsed. Feinstein\u2019s absence from the Senate led members of her own party to call on her to resign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNancy Corinne is a dear friend of Senator Feinstein\u2019s going back more than 40 years,\u201d Feinstein\u2019s spokesperson Adam Russell said in a statement. \u201cShe has been spending time with the senator as she continues to recover from shingles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schiff, D-Burbank, is one of three candidates running in a highly contested California primary&nbsp;to take Feinstein\u2019s seat in the Senate. Gov. Gavin Newsom previously said he would appoint a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/will-pelosi-s-support-help-adam-schiff-in-a-17760574.php\">Black woman<\/a>&nbsp;to fill Feinstein\u2019s seat if it became open. That promise has gotten more politically complicated with the ultra-competitive 2024 race to replace Feinstein under way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only one of the top three candidates, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, is a Black woman. Sending Lee to the Senate before the 2024 election would give her the tremendous advantage of incumbency over Reps. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, and Schiff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reach Shira Stein: shira.stein@sfchronicle.com; Twitter: @shiramstein<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SFChronicle\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shiramstein\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shira Stein is The San Francisco Chronicle&#8217;s Washington correspondent, covering national politics and policy with a particular eye to the impacts on California. She was previously a health care reporter and received several awards for her work covering the COVID-19 pandemic for Bloomberg. She also covered the fall of Roe v. Wade, including being the first to report President Joe Biden\u2019s consideration of a public health emergency for reproductive rights; the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to lower prescription drug prices; and the third legal fight to overturn the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She previously interned at the Washington Post, Bloomberg Law, and the Colorado-based Durango Herald. She is a native of the Bay Area and a graduate of American University.VIEW COMMENTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/img\/logos\/black\/logo.svg\" alt=\"San Francisco Chronicle Homepage - Site Logo\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/img\/core\/hearst_newspapers_logo.svg\" alt=\"HEARST newspapers logo\">\u00a92023 Hearst Communications, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shira Stein May 18, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) May 18, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) UPDATE:&nbsp;Feinstein experienced complications from shingles virus Former House Speaker&nbsp;Nancy Pelosi\u2019s&nbsp;office sought to discourage speculation that her family pressured&nbsp;Sen. Dianne&nbsp;Feinstein&nbsp;to stay in the Senate after a&nbsp;nearly three-month absence. Pelosi\u2019s eldest daughter, Nancy Corinne&nbsp;Prowda, has been by&nbsp;Feinstein\u2019s side daily as she returned&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/20\/pelosis-office-downplays-role-of-eldest-daughter-in-aiding-feinstein\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[458,616],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26617,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26616\/revisions\/26617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}