Carl Levin, a liberal Michigan Democrat who served 36 years in the Senate and scared the wits out of America’s biggest CEOs by demanding explanations for shadowy schemes that hid billions in profits overseas and avoided vast corporate taxes at home, died on Thursday at the age 87, the New York Times reports.
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