Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer was elected senator of California in 1993 after serving 10 years in the house. Boxer was re-elected in 1998 and 2004. She is considered the junior senator of the state since Dianne Feinstein was elected as United States senator one year earlier.

She is considered very liberal and outspoken and considered by some to be the most powerful woman (and one of the most powerful Democrats) in the senate. During the Condoleezza Rice confirmation hearing, Boxer stood out as she challenged her to admit to lies and misdirection regarding the Iraqi war.

She sponsored the INDUCE Act, which aimed to give jail time for people who help write software which can be used to run software which can be used to pirate music. She also proposed the curiously-named "Count Every Vote Act," which prohibits distribution of voting machine source code over the internet for independent audit by the public.

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2005-04-14 15:50:36   Boxer is a very warm and genuine if you meet her. I like her liberal agenda and support most things she does. Her only problem is that she (like ALL politicians) is too beholden to special interests to be able to work for what she knows is best for the people. —JackHaskel