There are kids who live near these sites.
There are wells that draw from these aquifers.
There are rivers that run past these plants into communities that have no idea this rule even exists.
The cost savings go to the coal companies. The risk is shifted to everyone else.

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|California District 49
Mike Levin
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Voting Record — 516
Yes44%
No54%
Present1%
Not Voting1%
Party align97%
Cross-party3%
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Mike Levin
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratCalifornia District 49
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20 recent posts · 24 sponsored · 91 cosponsored
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This follows the EPA already moving to roll back key mercury emission limits from coal plants earlier this year. It’s a clear pattern of putting coal industry interests ahead of public health protections.
The proposal scales back cleanup requirements for coal properties near water sources, eases groundwater monitoring, and makes it easier to repurpose coal ash in cement and structural fill.
Lost in the news the past few days is the Trump administration proposing to weaken rules that limit how coal companies handle toxic waste that can reach groundwater.
The new rule would let states grant exemptions from standards that keep contaminants like mercury & lead away from your water supply.
Never apologize or admit fault.
And count on your supporters to blindly run interference.
At some point, the people who have spent an entire decade giving this man the benefit of the doubt have to ask themselves a hard question: when will you finally admit you’ve been conned all along?
Say something outrageous.
Watch the backlash.
Then claim you were joking, misunderstood, or that critics are just looking for something to be mad about.
Then he deleted it and claimed he thought it depicted him as a “doctor.”
Ask yourself honestly: do you believe that?
This is his pattern now for a decade.
Let’s get this straight.
Trump posted an AI image of himself robed just like Jesus, white with a red sash, laying hands on a sick man as followers looked on in reverence, complete with heavenly light, ascension, and eagles.
It is a high bar, but it creates the one thing this president cannot tolerate: accountability.
No president should be able to place his entire inner circle above the law. The pardon power exists to deliver justice, not to bury it.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Congress must act. The Pardon Integrity Act would give Congress the ability to reject a pardon with a two-thirds supermajority vote.
He is repeatedly promising his White House staff pardons before he leaves office, especially when they worry about facing prosecution or congressional investigations.
He is offering a guarantee: carry out my agenda without hesitation, and I will make sure you never face consequences.
These are transactions, not acts of mercy.
But now he's going further.
So far this term, Trump has handed out more than 1,600 pardons, compared to fewer than 250 in his entire first term.
Many have gone to donors and political allies.
He pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of helping cartels ship cocaine into the United States.
Trump’s plan to pardon everyone who has “come within 200 feet of the Oval Office” is blatant corruption and must be stopped.
You don’t have to be religious to see what’s happening.
One man has actually read the Bible while the other is using it as a prop.
The Pope responded that using religion to justify killing is a betrayal of the Gospel, not a defense, and that the war fails every moral test the church has ever established for armed conflict.
Trump called the Pope weak for saying so.
Then posted an AI picture of himself as a Christ-like figure.
Trump and Hegseth have been wrapping the Iran war in the language of God and faith.
Before you pick a side in Trump’s feud with the Pope, consider this: one of these men has devoted 45 years of his life to studying and living the Gospel. The other cannot name a single verse from the Bible he claims is his favorite book.
The U.S. Forest Service manages 193 million acres and leads the fight against wildfires.
Dismantling it on the eve of fire season is just stupid, and people who live near forests will pay the price.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump calls himself “totally exonerated” by the Epstein Files.
But his own Justice Department got caught hiding them. Dozens of pages were withheld from the public database, in violation of the transparency law Trump himself signed.
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Voting History516 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
516 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | H.R. 6644 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.J. Res. 142 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.R. 4090 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-04 | H.R. 4090 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-02-03 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Accept Senate changes | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H. Res. 1032 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H. Res. 1032 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-03 | H.R. 3123 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-02-02 | H.R. 980 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Con. Res. 68 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 6359 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 6359 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7148 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-22 | H.R. 7147 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-01-22 | H. Res. 1014 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.J. Res. 140 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 6945 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 6945 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-21 | H. Res. 1009 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H. Res. 1009 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-21 | H.R. 5764 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-20 | H.R. 5763 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-15 | H.R. 2988 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-14 | H.R. 7006 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-14 | H. Res. 992 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-14 | H. Res. 992 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 4593 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 4593 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 2312 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 2270 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 2262 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 2262 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-13 | H. Res. 988 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-13 | H. Res. 988 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 6504 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-13 | H.R. 6500 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-12 | H.R. 2683 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-09 | H.R. 5184 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-08 | H.R. 1834 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-08 | H. Res. 780 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-01-08 | H.R. 131 (119th) | Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-01-08 | H.R. 504 (119th) | Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.