NATO isn't just a military alliance.
It's the reason Western Europe hasn't seen a land war between major powers in 80 years.
The moment the United States walks away, every authoritarian watching from Moscow to Beijing gets the signal they've been waiting for: America is no longer reliable.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|California District 49
Mike Levin
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Voting Record — 534
Yes44%
No54%
Present1%
Not Voting1%
Party align97%
Cross-party3%
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Mike Levin
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratCalifornia District 49
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It would dismantle the peace that the Greatest Generation bled and died to build after World War II and throw away 80 years of alliances with the friends who have stood beside us through many crises since.
Abandoning NATO would be the single greatest gift Donald Trump could ever give Vladimir Putin.
This is your daily reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.
Public media exists to serve the public, not the political whims of whoever holds power. Today’s ruling affirms that principle.
Now we need Congress to act on it.
I will keep pushing to restore what was taken, because an informed democracy depends on a free and independent press. 
Republicans in Congress separately voted to strip public broadcasting of its funding, and that damage is real.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has kept local stations on the air for decades, is gone.
A federal judge ruled Trump’s attack on NPR and PBS unconstitutional.
The First Amendment is clear: the government can't cut funding to a news organization simply because it dislikes their coverage. That is textbook viewpoint discrimination. The court called it out.
But here is the hard truth.
This is your daily reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.
You do not get to start a war alone and then lecture your allies for not showing up.
That is the foreign policy of someone who has never been held accountable for anything in his life.
Trump’s message to the UK: “You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself. The U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Go get your own oil.”
Trump is criticizing European allies for not helping fight the war in Iran. The same war Trump launched without consulting them. Our European allies found out when they saw it on TV.
The world is watching. So is history.
Strength without law is not leadership.
It is the very thing we once stood against.
Dwight Eisenhower, the man who liberated Europe and then watched us prosecute the war criminals we defeated, said it plainly: "We could make no more tragic mistake than merely to concentrate on military strength."
He was right.
They protect American credibility, because a nation that lectures the world about human rights while its leaders broadcast potential war crimes on television has nothing left to say.
These standards are written in the blood of wars that went unconstrained.
They protect American soldiers as well, because a military that pledges no mercy invites no mercy in return.
What makes the legal exposure harder to dismiss: Trump framed the threat explicitly as "retribution" rather than military necessity or a proportionate military objective.
Retribution is not a recognized legal justification under the laws of war.
When Russia targeted Ukraine's power grid, the International Criminal Court opened investigations and issued arrest warrants.
Leading international law scholars have all warned that Trump's threatened strikes would likely violate international humanitarian law.
Trump's threat to destroy Iran's civilian power grid sits in deeply troubling legal territory.
International humanitarian law prohibits attacking infrastructure whose destruction would cause disproportionate harm to civilians.
The Pentagon's own Law of War Manual states without ambiguity that declaring "no quarter" is a war crime, whether or not it is carried out.
Denial of quarter is also a federal crime under the 1996 War Crimes Act.
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Voting History534 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
534 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-26 | H.R. 275 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-26 | H.R. 875 (119th) | Final passage | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Passed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-25 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2025-06-25 | H. Res. 519 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 530 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 530 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-24 | H. Res. 537 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 3422 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 3394 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-23 | H.R. 1998 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 2056 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 2056 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | S. 331 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 884 (119th) | Final passage | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 2096 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 481 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 488 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H.R. 2035 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-06 | H.R. 2966 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-04 | H.R. 2483 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-04 | H.R. 2483 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-04 | H. Res. 458 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-04 | H. Res. 458 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-03 | H.R. 1804 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-03 | H.R. 1642 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-05-22 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-05-20 | S.J. Res. 13 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-20 | H.R. 1223 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-20 | H. Res. 426 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
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.