'He saw what we were capable of when we came to the table as Michiganders, as Americans, to get things done,' she said.ДЄ defender of Senate traditions, even when his own party moved to change them, Levin, who was trained as a lawyer, twice served as chairman of the powerful Armed Services Committee, despite having never served in uniform himself.ДЄs such, he helped set U.S.

Gretchen Whitmer called Levin a champion for Michigan. вЂњThroughout my adult life, wherever I went in Michigan, from Copper Harbor to Monroe, I would run into people who would say, вЂI donвЂ™t always agree with Senator Levin, but I support him anyway because he is so genuine, he tells it straight and he follows through.вЂ™ Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Twp.,В put out a statement on his uncle's passing: Levin disclosed in his recently published memoir, 'Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate,'В that he was diagnosed with lung cancer nearly four years ago,В when he was 83. The Levin Center at Wayne State University, which was formed on the senator's behalf after he left the Senate,В put out a statement late Thursday, saying, 'With great sadness and heavy hearts, the (center and family) announce the passing of Senator Carl Levin.' senator and helped set military priorities and investigate corporate behavior for decades before retiring in 2015, died Thursday. Watch Video: 2014 Shining Light Neal Shine: Congressman Dingell and Senator LevinД¬arl Levin, a liberal Democrat who rose from a prominent Detroit family to become MichiganвЂ™s longest-serving U.S.

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