07-29-2021, 10:59 PM
Two former US Senators:
Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Michael Bradley Enzi (/ˈɛnzi/ EN-zee; February 1, 1944 – July 26, 2021) was an American politician and accountant who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1997 until 2021. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Raised in Thermopolis, Wyoming, Enzi attended George Washington University and the University of Denver. He expanded his father's shoe store business in Gillette, Wyoming, before being elected the city's mayor in 1974. In the late 1970s, he worked for the United States Department of the Interior. He served as a state legislator in both the Wyoming House of Representatives (1987–1991) and Wyoming Senate (1991–1997). During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked as an accountant and executive director in the energy industry.
Enzi was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 with 54% of the vote and reelected in 2002 with 73% of the vote, in 2008 with 75% of the vote, and in 2014 with 71% of the vote.[2] During his tenure, he was consistently ranked one of the Senate's most conservative members. He was a member of the 2009 Gang of Six that attempted to negotiate health care reform. From 2015 until his retirement from the Senate, he chaired the Senate Budget Committee, during the 114th, 115th, and 116th Congresses.
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Carl Levin (D-MI)
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. He was the chair of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Levin was a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School. He worked as the General Counsel of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 1964 to 1967, and as a special assistant attorney general for the Michigan Attorney General's Office. Levin was elected to the Detroit City Council in 1968, serving from 1969 to 1977, and was president of the City Council from 1973 to 1977.
In 1978, Levin ran for the United States Senate, defeating Republican incumbent Robert P. Griffin. Levin was re-elected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. On March 7, 2013, Levin announced that he would not seek a seventh term to the Senate.[1] On March 9, 2015, Levin announced he was joining the Detroit-based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.[2] At the same time, he founded the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School, dedicated to "strengthening the integrity, transparency, and accountability of public and private institutions by promoting and supporting bipartisan, fact-based oversight; advancing good governance, particularly with respect to the legislative process; and promoting civil discourse on current issues of public policy".[3]
Levin became Michigan's senior senator in 1995, and he is the longest-serving senator in the state's history. At the time of his retirement Levin was the fourth longest-serving incumbent in the U.S. Senate.[4] He released his memoir, "Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate," in March 2021. It was published by Wayne State University Press.[5]
Much more at Wikipedia.
Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Michael Bradley Enzi (/ˈɛnzi/ EN-zee; February 1, 1944 – July 26, 2021) was an American politician and accountant who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1997 until 2021. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Raised in Thermopolis, Wyoming, Enzi attended George Washington University and the University of Denver. He expanded his father's shoe store business in Gillette, Wyoming, before being elected the city's mayor in 1974. In the late 1970s, he worked for the United States Department of the Interior. He served as a state legislator in both the Wyoming House of Representatives (1987–1991) and Wyoming Senate (1991–1997). During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked as an accountant and executive director in the energy industry.
Enzi was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 with 54% of the vote and reelected in 2002 with 73% of the vote, in 2008 with 75% of the vote, and in 2014 with 71% of the vote.[2] During his tenure, he was consistently ranked one of the Senate's most conservative members. He was a member of the 2009 Gang of Six that attempted to negotiate health care reform. From 2015 until his retirement from the Senate, he chaired the Senate Budget Committee, during the 114th, 115th, and 116th Congresses.
More at Wikipedia.
Carl Levin (D-MI)
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. He was the chair of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Levin was a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School. He worked as the General Counsel of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 1964 to 1967, and as a special assistant attorney general for the Michigan Attorney General's Office. Levin was elected to the Detroit City Council in 1968, serving from 1969 to 1977, and was president of the City Council from 1973 to 1977.
In 1978, Levin ran for the United States Senate, defeating Republican incumbent Robert P. Griffin. Levin was re-elected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. On March 7, 2013, Levin announced that he would not seek a seventh term to the Senate.[1] On March 9, 2015, Levin announced he was joining the Detroit-based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.[2] At the same time, he founded the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School, dedicated to "strengthening the integrity, transparency, and accountability of public and private institutions by promoting and supporting bipartisan, fact-based oversight; advancing good governance, particularly with respect to the legislative process; and promoting civil discourse on current issues of public policy".[3]
Levin became Michigan's senior senator in 1995, and he is the longest-serving senator in the state's history. At the time of his retirement Levin was the fourth longest-serving incumbent in the U.S. Senate.[4] He released his memoir, "Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate," in March 2021. It was published by Wayne State University Press.[5]
Much more at Wikipedia.
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