Feinstein in center of power

face of female political power in Washington is a familiar one. AP in the Daily News.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the incoming head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is the first woman to hold the job.

But Feinstein, a veteran of many skirmishes on Capitol Hill, didn't wait to take the gavel before asserting her prerogatives in the opening days of the 111th Congress.