Colleagues honor Feinstein as death leaves Senate vacancy

Tributes poured in Friday for California’s barrier-breaking Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died at age 90 after a 50-year career in politics. 

Her death Thursday night leaves vacancies on several of the Senate’s most sought-after committees, and a potentially fractious decision for her state’s Democratic governor.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer called Feinstein “one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate, who ever graced the country.”