Senator Carl Levin

Democrat  •  Michigan  •  6th Term  •  Sworn In 1979
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
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10/15/09
Key Democrats Support Afghan Troop Increases

...this source, who asked not to be identified, acknowledged that thus far Biden and his Senate allies Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have not done an adequate job of galvanizing like-minded Members. Its

Source: Roll Call
10/15/09
7,500 international tax dodgers seek amnesty

...a lot of calls from nervous tax dodgers. Shulman said applications steadily picked up as the latest deadline approached. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., applauded the IRS program but said Congress needs to do more to crack down on international tax dodgers. L

10/15/09
Levin: U.S. should follow U.K.'s lead in Afghanistan

...-- Sen. Carl Levin said the United States should look to the United Kingdom's strategy in Afghanistan as a "model" for deciding troop strength in the war zone. Levin, who is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reiterated today that he oppo

10/15/09
RE: Carl Levin

WASHINGTON -- Michigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin is emerging as a pivotal player in the debate over Afghanistan, with the lawmaker's ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/15/09
RE: Carl Levin

The signs and banners were to push Democratic Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow to keep fighting for a public option. "Only with the public option can ...

Source: WWMT
10/15/09
RE: Carl Levin

US Senator Carl Levin, head of a panel that has investigated tax havens, said in a statement Wednesday that the preliminary results from the voluntary ...

Source: AFP
10/15/09
RE: Carl Levin

WASHINGTON -- Michigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin is emerging as a pivotal player in the debate over Afghanistan, with the lawmaker's ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/15/09
RE: Carl Levin

The signs and banners were to push Democratic Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow to keep fighting for a public option. "Only with the public option can ...

Source: WWMT
10/15/09
Sen. Levin Crafts Afghan Compromise

WASHINGTON -- Michigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin is emerging as a pivotal player in the debate over Afghanistan, with the lawmaker's ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/15/09
Rally for health care reform

The signs and banners were to push Democratic Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow to keep fighting for a public option. "Only with the public option can ...

Source: WWMT
10/14/09
7,500 Americans Admit Secret Foreign Accounts

...the amount held in the foreign accounts. "Some of our cases range as high as something over $100 million," said Michel. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said the voluntary disclosures were "progress," but said Congress still needs to enact legislation to "crac

Source: ABC News
10/14/09
Afghanistan Command Confirms Policy Against Images of U.S. Dead

...personnel killed in action. Several senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee — including the chairman, Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan, and the ranking Republican, John McCain of Arizona — said Wednesday they were not aware of the chang

Source: CQ Politics
10/14/09
7500 owners of foreign accounts take IRS deal

While applauding the IRS, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who's led a Senate probe of foreign tax evasion, said it's too soon to declare victory. ...

Source: USA Today
10/13/09
RE: Carl Levin

Michigan's Sen. Carl Levin (chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee) says the death of DADT would be had at the hands of Obama, but it "has to be ...

Source: Queerty (blog)
10/13/09
RE: Carl Levin

Jim Jones discusses the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea; Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and General Anthony Zinni on ...

Source: CBS News
10/13/09
RE: Carl Levin

Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Carl Levin added that forming a better strategy in Afghanistan is more important than increasing the ...

Source: Voice of America
10/13/09
Inouye comes out for the McCrystal plan

Inouye is also taking a starkly different tone from the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin, D-MI, who has said he opposes sending more ...

Source: Foreign Policy
10/13/09
PolitiFact Truth-O-Meter

"Meet the Press" host David Gregory asked Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, who chairs the Senate's Armed Services Committee, whether Obama would follow through ...

Source: CNN Political Ticker
10/13/09
No Contractor Left Behind Part IV: Congress's Powerless Probe

When DCBureau called Armed Services chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), spokesman Bryan Thomas declined comment. “I've tried to do as much as I can with the ...

Source: DC Bureau
10/13/09
Another Sarbanes-Oxley: Threatening Small Businesses with the "Beneficial ...

[1] The Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (ITLEAA), sponsored by Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), would subject smaller and closely ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/13/09
PolitiFact Truth-O-Meter

...lesbian people from serving in the military. But so far, no go. "Meet the Press" host David Gregory asked Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, who chairs the Senate's Armed Services Committee, whether Obama would follow through on his promise. "I think he, he

Source: CNN
10/13/09
Our views: End hypocritical ban

President Barack Obama should make good quickly on a renewed pledge that hell end the 16-year-old dont ask, dont tell policy that bans homosexuals from serving openly in the military. Obama campaigned as a strong advocate for gay rights but so far has

Source: Florida Today
10/12/09
RE: Carl Levin

"'A new strategy is even more important than new resources,' said Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, ...

Source: CBS News
10/12/09
Toll booth proposal shelved: Guthertz plans to build on attention 'creative ...

Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. John McCain, a ranking committee member, objected to payments for ...

Source: Pacific Daily News
10/12/09
Dems split on Afghan troop surge

...the president very solid recommendations, and not take those recommendations," Feinstein said on ABC's "This Week." Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, opposed adding more troops to the 68,000 the United States is scheduled to have in the country by t

10/12/09
Top Dems diverge on troop-level strategy

...Dianne Feinstein's views are more closely aligned with those of key Republicans than with those of members of her own party. Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, urged a more methodical approach that begins with crafting a new,

10/12/09
From healthy kids to healthy adults

A spokesman for Michigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin said he supports universal coverage for children and that Levin previously has supported efforts to ...

Source: Detroit Free Press
10/12/09
Washington's 3 behind-the-scenes power players

On military matters, he and Armed Forces Committee Chairman Carl Levin of Michigan have more sway than any other members of Congress. ...

Source: China Post
10/12/09
Transportation chief: Obama's stimulus plan is working in Detroit

... down the river … just the way the first visitors did 300 years ago,” US Sen. Carl Levin said. Flanked by construction workers for the project, ...

Source: Detroit Free Press
10/12/09
Afghanistan Politics & the Strategic Review

Michigan Senator Carl Levin said the answer is to, " focus on the Afghan forces, the army; faster, larger, better equipped." The Afghan election commission ...

Source: FOXNews

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