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'''Barbara Levy Boxer''', born November 11, 1940 (age {{age|1940|11|11}}79), a [[San Francisco]]-[[liberal]] [[gun control|gun grabbing]] [[Democrat]] who announced her retirement from the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] from [[California]] after her term expires in 20162017. Boxer is generally considered to be more [[liberal]] than the average Democrat, particularly on [[abortion]] and [[gun control]]. <ref>[https://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Barbara_Boxer.htm Barbara Boxer on the Issues]</ref> She has served as Chair of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee and Chief Deputy Whip in Majority. In June, 2009 she let it be known for the record that she does not wish to be referred to as "Ma'am".<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-boxer-maamjun19,0,5804401.story</ref>

In January 2007, Senator Boxer was the subject of controversy after criticizing U.S. [[Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]] for not having children. "Who pays the price?" Boxer asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/sen-barbara-boxer-attacks-secretary-of-state-condoleezza-rice Sen. Barbara Boxer Attacks Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice]</ref> "I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a personal price, as I understand it, with an immediate family." The [[New York Post]] and [[White House]] Press Secretary [[Tony Snow]] considered this an attack on Rice's status as a single, childless female and referred to Boxer's comments as "a great leap backward for [[feminism]]."