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@SenCarlLevin

Former U.S. Senator from Michigan; Distinguished Legislator in Residence and Chair of the at Wayne State University Law School

law.wayne.edu/levincenter
Joined December 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    17 Jul 2017

    Levin Center at is now on . Follow our work on oversight/current issues

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  2. May 1

    Very positive development in the UK on legislation to require UK territories to disclose real owners of corporations. If enacted, Caymans, Bermuda, BVI will no longer be place to hide income. US Congress needs to do the same for our states.

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  3. Apr 22

    Remembering the first Earth Day in 1970. Senator Phil Hart spoke to a large crowd at Wayne State University. Said poverty, war, hunger, all contributors to environmental degradation.

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  4. Apr 17

    An excellent article on in America and what’s at risk for all of us. Thank you, Professor Kleinbard.

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  5. Apr 16

    Important facts to know about U.S. taxes from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (), a non-partisan, non-profit research organization that focuses on tax policy.

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  6. Mar 30

    I couldn’t agree more with the need for corporate transparency. The only justification for hiding ownership is to hide ownership.

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  7. Mar 28

    Recent analyses of effects of new tax law show oil and gas industry gets $25 billion boost and 60% of benefits from the new tax law go to shareholders, 15% to employees. . Facts are facts.

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  8. Mar 20

    Click on the story below to read more of my thoughts on congressional investigations.

    “It is time for the public to demand that members of Congress conduct investigations that are bipartisan, even-handed efforts to discover the facts,” wrote in an op-ed for .
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  9. Feb 25

    Here’s a fact that bots, Speaker Ryan and President Trump can’t refute. Warren Buffet reported in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders a $29.6 billion windfall from the . That’s a lot of bridges, roads and schools.

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  10. Retweeted
    Feb 15

    This spring, the is partnering with 's law review students to bring that national conversation about congressional oversight to Detroit. Learn more here:

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  11. Feb 14

    Kudos to the B Team corporations and their new principles for responsible corporate taxation. US multinationals ought to join the B Team's admirable effort.

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    Feb 13

    The is accepting nominations for the inaugural Award for Effective Oversight. Learn more and nominate a legislator or two today!

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  13. Feb 12

    Excellent exposition of HSBC’s failure over the years to meet anti-money laundering requirements, an issue subject to a major oversight investigation by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations when I had the privilege to chair. See , Dirty Money, Episode 4.

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  14. Feb 9

    Facts are important. Yes, US corporations are paying billions in taxes under new the tax law, but that’s a smaller percentage of earnings than the average American pays.

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    Feb 9

    Say it isn’t so. We need bridges between the Republican and Democratic staffs on House Intelligence Committee, not walls.

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  16. Retweeted
    Feb 8

    Bipartisan, fact-based Congressional oversight of Russian involvement in US elections is critical to upcoming 2018. Sec. State Tillerson acknowledges difficulty in stopping it.

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  17. Feb 8

    Facts are critical. Important for people to know that under new tax law, in just 40 days, corporate shareholders have received $100 billion through buybacks of stocks.

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    Feb 2

    The latest attacks on the FBI and Department of Justice serve no American interests – no party’s, no president’s, only Putin’s.

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    Feb 2

    I read the Nunes memo. There’s not a single damning thing in it.

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  20. Feb 2

    Speaker Ryan is wrong. He confuses “conducting legitimate oversight” with partisan oversight. I did bipartisan oversight for 36 yrs. “Legitimate oversight” requires sharing info, working together, a joint commitment to the facts.

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  21. Feb 2

    It also means not making changes to a report after a committee votes on it. The release of the is not how you conduct “legitmate oversight”

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