Ex-Sen. Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, has died

The Harvard-educated civil rights attorney and former taxi driver, who for decades carried his faded 1953 auto union membership card in his wallet, died Thursday, his family and the Levin Center at Wayne State University’s law school announced in an evening statement.

He was also critical of President Ronald Reagan’s buildup of nuclear weapons, saying it came at the expense of conventional weapons needed to maintain military readiness.“We’ve always had a very trusting and respectful relationship,” the late-Republican Sen. John Warner, who worked closely for years with Levin on the Armed Services Committee, once said. “We do not try to pull surprises on each other. The security of the nation and the welfare of the armed services come first.

Closer to home, Levin promoted policies benefiting the auto industry and supported giving $25 billion in loan guarantees to General Motors and Chrysler. He argued that a vibrant domestic auto industry was crucial to rebuilding the economy after the Great Recession. He also was a member of a task force supporting efforts to fight pollution and other environmental problems affecting the Great Lakes.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Swarthmore College in 1956, and a law degree from Harvard in 1959. He married his wife, Barbara, two years later, and together they raised three daughters.

Carl Levin was beloved. All he ever cared about was serving the people of Michigan. Rest in Peace Carl, you will be remembered forever.

Another monster 👹 gone

Term limits for Gov. officials should be Law.

TermLimits What a joke. How effective are you at your job at nearly 90 years old? These dinosaurs have no idea how the real world works anymore, they're career politicians who are yup, Millionaires. Politicians should be unpaid civil servants. PERIOD.

Old white people need to go, and I am one

Eminent Domain with no Fair Market Value paid as Gov Empl bought for $10 as neighbors jailed 20y and for 500,000 residences may be my problem with getting own pay, HUD Housing Gov. President Bush was helped but is detonable, 8 years ago I hadnt thought I'd be doing this w no pay

Loved his hearings on Goldman Sachs committing fraud in the mortgage securities market. RIP.

_Politics byepartisan Ship is dead!! !

Rest in Pease ❤️

He was one of my favorites

_Politics Rest in peace. Condolences to his family and friends.

R.I.P.

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