Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 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, 2017 to Aug 7, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Tammy Baldwin sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies subcommittee Chair

  Defense, Energy and Water Development, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing subcommittee Chair

  Communications, Media, and Broadband, Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  Employment and Workplace Safety, Primary Health and Retirement Security subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Baldwin was the primary sponsor of 16 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 2599: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
• 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 …
• S. 2569 (116th): Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow’s Health Professionals Act
• S. 1621 (116th): Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act
• S. 1287 (116th): Strengthening Buy America for Small Shipyard Grants Act

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Does 16 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Baldwin sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (27%) Labor and Employment (14%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Taxation (8%) Finance and Financial Sector (7%) Education (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Baldwin recently introduced the following legislation:

• S.Res. 749: A resolution recognizing the 10-year anniversary of the tragic attack that took place …
• S. 4689: ACCESS Rural America Act
• S. 4667: Farmland Security Act of 2022
• S. 4661: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023
• S. 4440: SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2022
• S. 4260: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
• S. 4193: WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

As Senate Democratic Caucus 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 Aug 2022, Baldwin missed 9 of 3,330 roll call votes, which is 0.3%. 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 and major life events.

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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