Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Senate Democratic Conference Secretary and Senator for Wisconsin
pronounced TA-mee // BAHLD-win
Baldwin is the junior senator from Wisconsin and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Baldwin is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 61 years old.
She is also Senate Democratic Conference Secretary, a party leadership role. Party leaders focus more on setting their party’s legislative priorties than on introducing legislation.
She was previously the representative for Wisconsin’s 2nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1999 to 2012.
![Photo of Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]](/static/legislator-photos/400013-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Baldwin.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Baldwin is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Baldwin has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 27, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Tammy Baldwin sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Baldwin was the primary sponsor of 19 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 4661 (117th): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023
- S. 3534 (117th): Tracking Pathogens Act
- S. 2599 (117th): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
- S. 576 (117th): Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act of 2021
- S. 1153 (116th): Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019
- S. 1069 (116th): Digital Coast Act
- S. 1196 (116th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the “Fire Captain Cory Barr …
Does 19 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Baldwin sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (34%) Labor and Employment (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Agriculture and Food (7%) Finance and Financial Sector (6%) Taxation (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Baldwin recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 2936: A bill to establish as a permanent program the organic market development grant …
- S. 2931: A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 …
- S. 2933: A bill to reauthorize the program of first responder training.
- S. 2857: Go Pack Go Act of 2023
- S. 2627: Women’s Retirement Protection Act
- S. 2624: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations …
- S. 2566: American IDEA Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
As Senate Democratic Conference Secretary, Baldwin may be focused on her responsibilities other than introducing legislation, such as setting the chamber’s agenda, uniting her party, and brokering deals.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2023, Baldwin missed 19 of 3,661 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills