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The Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy is a nonpartisan organization within Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan, working to improve the ability of "legislative bodies at all levels – federal, state, and abroad – to expose public and private sector abuses, ensure effective governance, and bring critical facts to light for the benefit of all."
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2015.
In 2015, The Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy was established and named for former U.S. Sen. Carl Levin. The Levin Center educates future attorneys, business leaders, legislators and public servants on their role overseeing public and private institutions and using oversight as an instrument of change. [7] [8]
Famous for gazing over eyeglasses worn on the end of his nose, Carl Levin seemed at ease wherever he went, whether attending a college football game back home in Michigan or taking on a ...
First elected to the Senate in 1978, Levin represented Michigan longer than any other senator, targeting tax shelters, supporting manufacturing jobs and pushing for military funding.
In November 2019, Townsend was appointed director of the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State University Law School. [4] References
He served three two-year terms in the House before being elected to the U.S. Senate, succeeding the late U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, who did not run for reelection in 2014.
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Senate subcommittee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., sparred Tuesday afternoon over whether market makers should have a duty to disclose to clients ...