Mel Levine
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Mel Levine (born June 7, 1943 in Los Angeles) is an American politician from California. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1960 and then was valedictorian at University of California, Berkeley. He was a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator John V. Tunney from 1971 to 1973. He served in the House of Representatives from 1983 to 1992 and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1992. He supported the 1991 Gulf War Authorization Act which authorized the use of United States Armed Forces pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 678.[1]
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- ^ Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa (1991). The Almanac of American Politics 1992. Washington, D.C.: National Journal. 0-89234-051-7.
He is currently a partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher in the Los Angeles office. His eldest son is named Adam Paul.