Tammy Baldwin

Baldwin was born and grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. Her mother, who died in 2017, was 19 and going through a divorce when Baldwin was born. Baldwin was raised by her grandparents and spent Saturdays with her mother, who suffered from mental illness and opioid addiction.{{cite news|last1=Bauer|first1=Scott|title=Tammy Baldwin talks about late mother's opioid addiction|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/tammy-baldwin-talks-about-late-mother-s-opioid-addiction/article_220d1ed8-44ba-572f-aaae-59237d32818b.html|access-date=May 1, 2018|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|date=May 1, 2018}} Her maternal grandfather, biochemist David E. Green, was Jewish (the son of immigrants from Russia and Germany), and her maternal grandmother, who was Anglican, was English-born.{{cite news|last=Roehr |first=Bob |url=http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1923 |title=Marriage activists mark Loving anniversary |newspaper=The Bay Area Reporter |date=June 14, 2007 |access-date=February 21, 2012}} Baldwin's aunt is biochemist Rowena Green Matthews. Through her maternal grandfather, Baldwin is a third cousin of comedian Andy Samberg.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20674345,00.html|title=Scoop : People.com|access-date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914161701/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20674345,00.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/new-senators-of-the-113th-congress-86141.html|title=Portraits of 14 new senators|author=Edwards, Breanna|work=Politico|date=January 17, 2013|access-date=July 28, 2016}}

Baldwin graduated from Madison West High School in 1980 as the class valedictorian.{{cite news|last1=Keen|first1=Judy|title=Profile: Wisconsin Sen.-elect Tammy Baldwin|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/11/07/baldwin-wisconsin-senate-profile/1690021/|access-date=February 1, 2018|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 7, 2012}} She earned a B.A. from Smith College in 1984 and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1989.

Before entering state politics, Baldwin first held political office at age 24 when she was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors in 1986. She served on the board until 1994. She also served one year on the Madison Common Council to fill a vacancy.'Wisconsin Blue Book 2003–2004,' Biographical Sketch of Tammy Baldwin, p. 13

Baldwin has worked as an attorney in private practice.

Baldwin ran to represent Wisconsin's 78th Assembly district in central Madison in 1992. She won the Democratic primary with 43% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=748462 |title=WI State House 78 – D Primary Race – Sep 08, 1992 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} In the general election, Baldwin defeated Labor and Farm Party nominee Mary Kay Baum and Republican nominee Patricia Hevenor, 59–23–17%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=745987 |title=WI State House 78 Race – Nov 03, 1992 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} She was one of just six openly gay political candidates nationwide to win a general election that year.{{cite news|title=AIDS, gay rights top agenda|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ik9FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3862,767673&dq=tammy+baldwin&hl=en|newspaper=The Telegraph-Herald|date=January 4, 1993}}

Baldwin was reelected with 76% of the vote in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=748464 |title=WI State House 78 Race – Nov 08, 1994 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} She was reelected to a third term with 71% of the vote in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=748465 |title=WI State House 78 Race – Nov 05, 1996 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}}

Committee assignments:

• Criminal Justice Committee{{cite news|title='Pre-emption bill' deserves to be shot down|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jkscAAAAIBAJ&pg=5983,6248278&dq=tammy+baldwin+committee&hl=en|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=April 3, 1995}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Education Committee (Chair){{cite news|title=Former prisoners blast, laud prison 'boot camp'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nQ1eAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625,3780625&dq=tammy+baldwin+committee&hl=en|newspaper=The Telegraph-Herald|date=December 17, 1993}}
• Elections, Constitutional Law and Corrections Committee{{Cite news |date=1995-01-23 |title=Lawmaker pushes gender 'cleansing' of Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-citizen-lawmaker-pushes-gender-cl/142854505/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=Daily Citizen |page=4 |agency=Associated Press}}

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In 1998, U.S. Congressman Scott Klug of the 2nd district, based in Madison, announced he would retire, prompting Baldwin to run for the seat. Baldwin's ads leaned into the fact that Wisconsin had never sent a woman to Congress, and many of her ads targeted younger voters.{{Cite book |last1=Canon |first1=David T. |title=Campaigns & elections: contemporary case studies |last2=Herrnson |first2=Paul S. |publisher=CQ Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-56802-495-0 |editor-last=Bailey |editor-first=Michael A. |location=Washington, DC |page=87 |language=en}} She won the Democratic primary with a plurality of 37% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=372973 |title=WI – District 02 – D Primary Race – Sep 08, 1998 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} In the general election, she defeated Republican nominee Josephine Musser, 53–47%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31209 |title=WI District 2 Race – Nov 03, 1998 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} Baldwin's campaign drew strong turnout in Dane County, using a team of volunteers, many of whom were students. The turnout was said to have helped Russ Feingold's reelection campaign that year, and was acknowledged by Feingold as a factor.{{Cite book |last=Wilcox |first=Clyde |title=Campaigns & elections: contemporary case studies |publisher=CQ Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-56802-495-0 |editor-last=Bailey |editor-first=Michael A. |location=Washington, DC |page=53 |language=en}}

Baldwin is the first woman elected to Congress from Wisconsin. She is also the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to the House of Representatives, and the first open lesbian elected to Congress.{{cite magazine |last=Cogan |first=Marin |date=2007-12-20 |title=First Ladies |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/61433/first-ladies |magazine=The New Republic |accessdate=2018-06-28}}{{cite web |date=2012-10-19 |title=Tammy Baldwin: Openly gay lawmaker could make history in Wisconsin U.S. Senate race – Chicago Tribune |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-19/site/ct-nw-baldwin-gay-20121019_1_sexual-orientation-tammy-baldwin-gay-pride-event |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731185146/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-19/site/ct-nw-baldwin-gay-20121019_1_sexual-orientation-tammy-baldwin-gay-pride-event |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |accessdate=2012-11-07 |publisher=Articles.chicagotribune.com}} She and Representative Barney Frank co-founded the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus in 2008.{{Cite web|date=October 5, 2021|title=Sen. Tammy Baldwin Looks Back On Being 'The First' Throughout Career|url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/10/04/senator-tammy-baldwin-lgbtq-interview|access-date=October 6, 2021|website=www.advocate.com|language=en}}

In 2000, Baldwin was reelected, defeating Republican nominee John Sharpless by 8,902 votes (51%–49%). She lost eight of the district's nine counties, but carried the largest, Dane County, with 55% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=692 |title=WI District 2 Race – Nov 07, 2000 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}}

After the 2000 census, the 2nd district was made significantly more Democratic in redistricting. Baldwin won reelection to a third term in the newly redrawn 2nd district with 66% of the vote against Republican Ron Greer.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1326 |title=WI District 2 Race – Nov 05, 2002 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} In 2004, she beat Dave Magnum 63–37%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=4412 |title=WI – District 02 Race – Nov 02, 2004 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} She won a 2006 rematch against Magnum, again winning 63–37%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=207756 |title=WI – District 02 Race – Nov 07, 2006 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} In 2008, she defeated Peter Theron 69–31%,{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=409645 |title=WI – District 02 Race – Nov 04, 2008 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}} and in 2010 she won a seventh term with 62% of the vote against Chad Lee.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=495207 |title=WI – District 02 Race – Nov 02, 2010 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=April 14, 2012}}

• Committee on Energy and Commerce
• Subcommittee on Environment and Economy
• Subcommittee on Health

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Baldwin ran as the Democratic nominee against Republican nominee Tommy Thompson, who had formerly been governor and Secretary of Health and Human Services. She announced her candidacy on September 6, 2011, in a video emailed to supporters.{{cite news|last=Glauber|first=Bill|title=Tammy Baldwin enters race for open Senate seat|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=September 6, 2011|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/129281483.html|access-date=September 6, 2011}} She ran uncontested in the primary election,{{cite news|last1=Huey-Burns|first1=Caitlin|title=Wisconsin's GOP Senate Hopefuls Cozy Up to Walker|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/07/wisconsins_gop_senate_hopefuls_cozy_up_to_walker_114403-2.html|access-date=November 18, 2017|work=Real Clear Politics|date=June 7, 2012}} and spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention about tax policy, campaign finance reform, and equality in the United States.{{cite web|title=Tammy Baldwin at the 2012 Democratic National Convention|date=September 6, 2012|url=http://www.c-span.org/DNC/Events/Tammy-Baldwin-at-the-2012-Democratic-National-Convention/C3797175/|access-date=September 24, 2012}}

She was endorsed by Democracy for America, and she received campaign funding from EMILY's List, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, and LPAC.{{cite news|last=Craver|first=Jack|title=Can Tammy Win?|newspaper=Capital Times|date=September 5, 2012|url=http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/politiscope/can-tammy-win-baldwin-would-be-st-openly-gay-senator/article_dcb96e84-f6ce-11e1-9d6a-0019bb2963f4.html|access-date=September 5, 2012}} Baldwin was endorsed by the editorial board of The Capital Times, who wrote that "Baldwin's fresh ideas on issues ranging from job creation to health care reform, along with her proven record of working across lines of partisanship and ideology, and her grace under pressure mark her as precisely the right choice to replace retiring U.S. Senator Herb Kohl".{{cite news|title=Baldwin offers integrity and independence|url=http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/baldwin-offers-integrity-and-independence/article_37050ace-1d30-11e2-ba71-001a4bcf887a.html|access-date=October 24, 2012|newspaper=The Capital Times|date=October 24, 2012}}File:Baldwin-Thompson debate.jpg debating during the 2012 election|left]]Thompson said during the campaign that Baldwin's "far-left approach leaves this country in jeopardy".{{cite news|last1=Kiely|first1=Eugene|title=Smearing Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin Senate Race|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2012/10/smearing-tammy-baldwin-in-wisconsin-senate-race/|access-date=October 30, 2014|publisher=Fact Check|date=October 23, 2012}} The candidates had three debates, on September 28,{{cite web|url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/WisconsinSenateDebate6 |title=Wisconsin Senate Debate – C-SPAN Video Library |publisher=C-spanvideo.org |date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2013}}{{cite web|author1=Stein, Jason |author2=Lee Bergquist |name-list-style=amp |title=Baldwin, Thompson Spar on Their Records, Nation's Future|publisher=Jsonline.com|access-date=September 28, 2012|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/baldwin-thomson-spar-on-their-records-nations-future-j271k4f-171880811.html}} October 18,{{cite web|url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/WisconsinSenateDebate7 |title=Wisconsin Senate Debate – C-SPAN Video Library |publisher=C-spanvideo.org |date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2013}} and October 26.{{cite web|url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/WisconsinSenateDebate8 |title=Wisconsin Senate Debate – C-SPAN Video Library |publisher=C-spanvideo.org |date=October 26, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2013}} According to Baldwin's Federal Election Commission filings, she raised about $12 million, over $5 million more than Thompson.{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?cycle=2012&id=WIS1%7C |title=Congressional Elections: Wisconsin Senate Race: 2012 Cycle |publisher=OpenSecrets |access-date=December 5, 2013}}

On November 6, 2012, Baldwin became the first openly gay candidate to be elected to the U.S. Senate, with 51.4% of the vote. Because of her 14 years in the House of Representatives, under Senate rules she had the highest seniority in her entering class of senators.{{cite magazine|last=McCord|first=Quinn|title=Seniority Report|magazine=National Journal|date=September 25, 2012|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2012/09/seniority-report-25|access-date=December 2, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109032649/http://nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2012/09/seniority-report-25|archive-date=January 9, 2013}} She was succeeded in Congress by State Representative Mark Pocan, who had earlier succeeded her in the state legislature.

Baldwin was featured in Time's November 19, 2012, edition, in the Verbatim section, where she was quoted as saying "I didn't run to make history" on her historic election.{{citation |title=Verbatim |page=15 |magazine=Time |date=November 19, 2012}} In a separate section, she was also mentioned as a new face to watch in the Senate.{{citation |title=The Senate – A Few New Faces |page=18 |magazine=Time |date=November 19, 2012}}

{{main|2018 United States Senate election in Wisconsin}}

Baldwin won a second term in 2018 with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Republican Leah Vukmir by a margin of approximately 11%.{{cite web |last1=Glauber |first1=Bill |title=Tammy Baldwin's win – the largest in a top race in Wisconsin in 12 years – offers road map for 2020 |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/12/wisconsin-election-tammy-baldwins-big-win-road-map-2020-races/1945908002/ |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=November 12, 2018|access-date=April 15, 2020}}

{{main|2024 United States Senate election in Wisconsin}}

In April 2023, Baldwin announced her intention to run for a third Senate term.{{Cite web |last=Frazier |first=Kierra |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin announces reelection bid |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/12/wisconsin-tammy-baldwin-reelection-2024-00091609 |website=Politico}} She narrowly defeated Republican nominee Eric Hovde even as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won Wisconsin.{{cite web |last1=Bauer |first1=Scott |title=In swing-state Wisconsin, Democrat hustles to keep key Senate seat against Trump-backed millionaire |url=https://apnews.com/article/baldwin-hovde-wisconsin-senate-swing-state-1657118e36311b604971967ca5df9374 |website=Associated Press |date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=4 April 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Bice |first=Daniel |title=Tammy Baldwin wins Wisconsin Senate race in 2024 election over Eric Hovde |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/06/tammy-baldwin-declares-victory-in-over-eric-hovde-in-senate-race/75708211007/ |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}}

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• Committee on Appropriations{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Committee Assignments of the 119th Congress |url=https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm#WarnerVA |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=www.senate.gov}}
• Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
• Subcommittee on Defense
• Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
• Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Ranking Member)
• Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
• Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy
• Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries
• Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness (Ranking Member)
• Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
• Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
• Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security

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In 2003, Baldwin served on the advisory committee of the Progressive Majority, a political action committee dedicated to electing progressive candidates to public office.{{cite web |title=Vote Ratings 2010 |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/2010voteratings |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916133939/http://www.nationaljournal.com/2010voteratings |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2011 |work=National Journal |publisher=Atlantic Media}}

In 2012, Baldwin described herself as a progressive in the mold of former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette.{{cite web |url=http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20121007/FON0101/310070124/Baldwin-m-proud-progressive?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1 |title=Baldwin: I'm proud to be a progressive |publisher=Fdlreporter.com |access-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011327/http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20121007/FON0101/310070124/Baldwin-m-proud-progressive?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }} In 2013, she and Wisconsin's senior U.S. Senator, Ron Johnson, split on votes more frequently than any other Senate duo from the same state.{{cite news|last1=Peters|first1=Jeremy|title=Two Senators Have Little but a State in Common|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/us/politics/2-senators-have-little-but-a-state-in-common.html|access-date=February 1, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 17, 2014}} She was one of 16 female Democratic senators to sign a letter in 2013 endorsing Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee in the 2016 presidential election.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/188687-report-democratic-women-senators-sign-letter-urging-hillary-clinton-to-run/|title=Run, Hillary, run, say Senate's Dem women|first=Alexandra|last=Jaffe|date=October 30, 2013|access-date=July 28, 2016}}

In 2023, the Lugar Center ranked Baldwin in the top third of senators for bipartisanship.{{Cite web |title=Bipartisan Index |url=https://www.thelugarcenter.org/ourwork-Bipartisan-Index.html |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.thelugarcenter.org}}

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In 2019, she and eight other Democratic senators sent Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue a letter that criticized the Department of Agriculture for purchasing pork from JBS USA, an American subsidiary of a Brazilian corporation.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/446118-dem-senators-tell-trump-administration-to-halt-trade-aid-to-foreign-firms/|title=Democratic senators rip Trump administration's trade aid to foreign firms, demand a halt|first=Sylvia|last=Lane|date=May 30, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}

Baldwin cosponsored H. Res. 333, a bill in 2007 proposing articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney, and H. Res. 589, a bill proposing the impeachment of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. She wrote in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "I joined with my colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee, Reps. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), in urging Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to conduct hearings on a resolution of impeachment now pending consideration in that committee." She added that although some constituents "say I have gone too far", others "argue I have not gone far enough" and feel "we are losing our democracy and that I should do more to hold the Bush administration accountable for its actions."{{cite web|title=Impeachment resolution a matter of accountability|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/29578324.html|publisher=JSOnline|access-date=March 22, 2012|author=Tammy Baldwin|date=January 20, 2008|archive-date=June 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613191903/http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/29578324.html|url-status=dead}}

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In 2018, Baldwin was one of 25 Democratic senators to cosponsor a resolution in response to findings of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change report and National Climate Assessment.{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/merkley-resolution-urges-quick-climate-change-action/895812840|title=Merkley resolution urges quick climate change action|date=November 27, 2018|publisher=ktvz.com|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-date=February 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020905/https://www.ktvz.com/news/merkley-resolution-urges-quick-climate-change-action/895812840|url-status=dead}}

In 1995, Baldwin proposed the creation of a review board to investigate the deaths of prison inmates.{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Mike |date=1995-07-04 |title=Review board urged for prisoner deaths |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-review-board-urged-for/142853718/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=The Capital Times |page=3}} In 1997, she authored a bill changing Wisconsin's candidate filing system to an electronic one.{{Cite news |last=Flaherty |first=Mike |date=1997-02-26 |title=Bill would change campaign finance filing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-bill-would-chang/142707466/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |page=6}} Baldwin opposes capital punishment.{{Cite news |last=Newbart |first=Dave |date=1994-09-16 |title=Kunicki flips, favors death penalty |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-kunicki-flips-favors/142708481/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |work=The Capital Times |page=1}}

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Baldwin was one of 17 senators to sign a letter to President-elect Donald Trump in 2016 asking him to fulfill a campaign pledge to bring down the cost of prescription drugs.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/311202-senate-dems-sanders-to-trump-help-lower-drug-prices/|title=Senate Dems, Sanders ask Trump to help lower drug prices|author=Carney, Jordain|date=December 20, 2016|newspaper=The Hill}}

She and 30 other senators signed a letter to Kaléo Pharmaceuticals in 2017 in response to the opioid-overdose-reversing device Evzio rising in price from $690 in 2014 to $4,500 and requested the company detail the price structure for Evzio, how many devices Kaléo Pharmaceuticals set aside for donation, and the totality of federal reimbursements Evzio received in the previous year.{{cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/02/kaleos-opioid-overdose-drug-went-from-690-to-4500-and-senators-want-answers/|title=Kaléo's opioid overdose drug went from $690 to $4,500 – and senators want answers|date=February 9, 2017|publisher=arstechnica.com}}

Baldwin was one of six senators to sign a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in 2017 requesting their "help in ensuring the long-term sustainability of the 340B program", a Trump administration rule mandating that drug companies give discounts to health-care organizations presently serving large numbers of low-income patients.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/363772-gop-senators-move-to-block-trump-administrations-cuts-to-drug-discount/|title=Bipartisan group of senators seek to block Trump cuts to drug discount program|first=Jessie|last=Hellmann|date=December 7, 2017|newspaper=The Hill}}

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In a 2015 radio interview, Baldwin said that she, the Pope, and Donald Trump all supported repeal of the carried interest tax loophole. PolitiFact wrote that "while Pope Francis has called for helping the poor and addressing economic inequality, we could not find that [Trump] has spoken out on this particular tax break."{{cite web|last1=Kertscher|first1=Tom|title=Do Donald Trump, Pope Francis and Tammy Baldwin all agree on eliminating a tax break?|url=http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2015/sep/24/tammy-baldwin/do-donald-trump-pope-francis-and-tammy-baldwin-all/|website=PolitiFact|access-date=February 21, 2018}}

The editors of The Capital Times commended Baldwin for her vocal opposition to a budget resolution in 2017 that she believed would increase income inequality, calling her "one of the budget's most ardent foes".{{cite web|title=Editorial: Tammy Baldwin and Bernie Sanders fight economic inequality and fiscal irresponsibility|url=http://host.madison.com/ct/opinion/editorial/editorial-tammy-baldwin-and-bernie-sanders-fight-economic-inequality-and/article_0868e9a2-c345-578d-931b-c58b3656f677.html|website=The Cap Times|date=October 25, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2018}} She expressed opposition to the Trump tax-reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, saying that it was being drafted "behind closed doors" and charging that it was being "shoved through." In its place she promoted the Stronger Way Act, a bill that she and Cory Booker co-sponsored.{{cite web|last1=Torres|first1=Ricardo|title=Baldwin pushes back on tax reform|url=http://journaltimes.com/news/local/baldwin-pushes-back-on-tax-reform/article_6b7114b1-7530-589f-afec-82b0ca6d385b.html|website=The Journal Times|date=November 4, 2017 |access-date=February 19, 2018}}

Baldwin sponsored the Reward Work Act of 2018, which proposed to guarantee the right of employees in listed companies to elect one-third of the board of directors.{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40555482/want-fairer-workplaces-give-employees-seats-on-the-board|title=Want Fairer Workplaces? Give Employees Seats On The Board|date=April 6, 2018|author=Anzilotti, Eillie|work=Fast Company}} She signed a letter to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta in 2019 that advocated that the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) make a full investigation into a complaint filed in May by a group of Chicago-area McDonald's employees that detailed instances of workplace violence, such as customers throwing hot coffee and threatening employees with firearms. The senators argued that McDonald's could and should "do more to protect its employees, but employers will not take seriously their obligations to provide a safe workplace if OSHA does not enforce workers rights to a hazard-free workplace."{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20190702/NEWS08/912329397/Democratic-senators-press-McDonalds-on-workplace-violence|title=Democratic senators press McDonald's on workplace violence|date=July 2, 2019|publisher=Business Insurance|first=Gloria|last=Gonzalez}}

Baldwin supports Buy America rules and has advocated for their inclusion in federal funding bills.{{Cite web |last=Fox 11 News |date=2023-08-02 |title=Senator Baldwin throws support behind 'Buy America' legislation in Green Bay |url=https://fox11online.com/news/local/senator-tammy-baldwin-throws-support-behind-buy-america-legislation-in-green-bay-fox-valley-metal-tech-wisconsin-infrastructure-federal-projects-tax-dollars-navy |access-date= |website= |language=}}{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Diego |date=December 18, 2023 |title='Buy America' provisions inconsistent among departments, Sen. Baldwin says |url=https://www.semafor.com/article/12/13/2023/sen-tammy-baldwin-outlines-challenges-with-buy-america-policies}}

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Baldwin was one of 12 senators to sign a letter to President Obama in 2016 asserting that the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "in its current form will perpetuate a trade policy that advantages corporations at the expense of American workers" and that there would be an "erosion of U.S. manufacturing and middle class jobs, and accelerate the corporate race to the bottom" if provisions were not fixed.{{cite news |author=Carney, Jordain |date=September 29, 2016 |title=Anti-trade senators say chamber would be crazy to pass TPP |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/298525-anti-trade-senators-say-senate-would-be-crazy-to-pass-tpp/ |newspaper=The Hill}}

In 2024, Baldwin was one of a handful of Democrats credited with ending President Biden's proposed Indo-Pacific trade agenda. She said, "There were some big concerns that we would be retreating back to the day where trade was a race to the bottom, especially for workers."{{Cite web |last=Bade |first=Gavin |date=January 2, 2024 |title=RIP 'worker-centered trade': Biden's global economic agenda stalls |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/02/bidens-economic-agenda-stalls-00133138 |website=Politico}}

Baldwin was one of six Democrats led by Amy Klobuchar to sign letters in 2019 to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice recounting that many of them had "called on both the FTC and the Justice Department to investigate potential anticompetitive activity in these markets, particularly following the significant enforcement actions taken by foreign competition enforcers against these same companies" and requesting that each agency confirm whether it had opened antitrust investigations into each company and that each agency pledge it would publicly release any such investigations' findings.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/449754-senate-dems-press-regulators-over-reported-tech-investigations/|title=Senate Democrats press regulators over reported tech investigations|first=Harper|last=Neidig|date=June 21, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}

Baldwin was one of 34 senators to sign a letter to President Trump in 2019 encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration and reverse a decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside Central America", asserting that Trump had "consistently expressed a flawed understanding of U.S. foreign assistance" since becoming president and that he was "personally undermining efforts to promote U.S. national security and economic prosperity" by preventing the use of Fiscal Year 2018 national security funding. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S. by helping to improve conditions in those countries.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/437463-more-than-30-dem-sens-ask-trump-to-reconsider-cutting-foreign/|title=More than 30 Senate Dems ask Trump to reconsider Central American aid cuts|first=Rachel|last=Frazin|date=April 4, 2019|newspaper=The Hill}}

In 2020, Baldwin voiced her opposition to Israel's plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.{{cite news |title=Democratic senators release letter warning Israel against annexation |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2020/05/democratic-senators-release-letter-warning-israel-against-annexation/ |work=Jewish Insider |date=May 21, 2020}} In March 2024, she urged the Biden administration to recognize a "nonmilitarized" Palestinian state after the end of the war in Gaza.{{cite news |title=Senate Democrats press Biden to establish two-state solution for Israel, Palestine |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4544765-democrats-press-biden-two-state-solution-israel-palestine/ |work=The Hill |date=March 20, 2024}} In April, she voted for a $14 billion dollar military aid package to Israel.{{Cite web |last=Andrea |first=Lawrence |title=What Tammy Baldwin and Eric Hovde have said about Israel and the war in Gaza |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/23/where-tammy-baldwin-and-eric-hovde-stand-on-israel-and-the-war-in-gaza/73793368007/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}} Baldwin attended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress in July 2024 and was the only Democratic representative from Wisconsin in attendance.{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin's Democratic delegation split on attending Netanyahu address to Congress |url=https://www.cbs58.com/news/wisconsins-democratic-delegation-split-on-attending-netanyahu-address-to-congress |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=CBS58 |language=en}} After the address, she said she was "deeply disappointed" in the remarks, which came in the middle of the conflict in Gaza. Baldwin wrote that while she was "resolute" in her support for "Israel's right to defend itself and the need to end Hamas's threat... the time has come for the innocent bloodshed and the war to end".{{Cite web |last=Engst |first=Kodie |date=2024-07-24 |title=U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Statement on Netanyahu's address to Congress |url=https://www.wispolitics.com/2024/u-s-sen-baldwin-statement-on-netanyahus-address-to-congress/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=WisPolitics |language=en-US}} Baldwin supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestine conflict.{{Cite web |last=Wise |first=David |date=2024-03-21 |title=Baldwin signs onto letter calling for two-state solution in ongoing Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.wispolitics.com/2024/baldwin-signs-onto-letter-calling-for-two-state-solution-in-ongoing-israel-hamas-war/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=WisPolitics |language=en-US}}

Baldwin was one of 11 senators to sign a letter in 2017 to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressing their concern "about credible allegations that the Trump campaign, transition team, and Administration has colluded with the Russian government, including most recently the events leading to the resignation of Lieutenant General Michael Flynn as National Security Adviser." The senators requested the creation of "an independent Special Counsel to investigate collusion with the Russian government by General Flynn and other Trump campaign, transition and Administrative officials" in order to maintain "the confidence, credibility and impartiality of the Department of Justice".{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/319626-dem-senators-call-for-independent-flynn-probe/|title=Dem senators call for independent Flynn probe|date=February 15, 2017|first=Mark|last=Hensch|newspaper=The Hill}}

After Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in 2016 that the Trump administration was suspending its obligations in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 60 days in the event that Russia continued to violate the treaty, Baldwin was one of 26 senators to sign a letter expressing concern over the administration "now abandoning generations of bipartisan U.S. leadership around the paired goals of reducing the global role and number of nuclear weapons and ensuring strategic stability with America's nuclear-armed adversaries" and calling on Trump to continue arms negotiations.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/421307-senate-dems-urge-trump-to-continue-nuclear-arms-control-negotiations-after/|title=Senate Dems urge Trump to continue nuclear arms control negotiations after treaty suspension|date=December 13, 2018|first=Ellen|last=Mitchell|newspaper=The Hill}}

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Baldwin was a vocal critic of the Iraq War.{{cite news|title=Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tammy-baldwin-d-wis/gIQAgHwPAP_print.html|access-date=February 1, 2018|newspaper=Washington Post}} She was among the 133 members of the House who voted in 2002 against authorizing the invasion of Iraq. She said there would be "postwar challenges", that "there is no history of democratic government in Iraq", that its "economy and infrastructure are in ruins after years of war and sanctions", and that rebuilding would take "a great deal of money".{{cite news|title=Democrats Who Opposed War Move Into Key Positions|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/03/AR2006120301108_pf.html|newspaper=Washington Post|first=Walter|last=Pincus|date=December 4, 2006}} In 2005, she joined the Out of Iraq Caucus.{{cite web|title=Tammy Baldwin on War & Peace|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/International/Tammy_Baldwin_War_+_Peace.htm|website=OnTheIssues|access-date=February 20, 2018}} In 2023, Baldwin voted with a bipartisan majority to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq. She also supports repealing the 2001 AUMF for the War on Terror.{{Cite web |last=Shutt |first=Jennifer |date=2023-03-29 |title=U.S. Senate in bipartisan vote repeals decades-old Iraq war authorizations • Wisconsin Examiner |url=https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/03/29/u-s-senate-in-bipartisan-vote-repeals-decades-old-iraq-war-authorizations/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Wisconsin Examiner |language=en-US}}

Baldwin voted for a resolution by Rand Paul and Chris Murphy in 2017 that would block Trump's $510 million sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia that made up a portion of the $110 billion arms sale Trump announced during his visit to Saudi Arabia the previous year.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/senate-saudi-arms-deal-paul/index.html|title=Senate narrowly votes to back Saudi arms sale|author=Herb, Jeremy|date=June 13, 2017|publisher=CNN}}{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/13/saudi-arabia-weapons-sales-senate-approves-239505|title=Senate backs weapons sales to Saudi Arabia|first=Elana|last=Schor|date=June 13, 2017|publisher=Politico}}

Baldwin voted against tabling a resolution spearheaded by Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy, and Mike Lee in 2018 that would have required Trump to withdraw American troops either in or influencing Yemen within the next 30 days unless they were combating Al-Qaeda.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/379392-senate-sides-with-trump-on-providing-saudi-military-support/|title=Senate sides with Trump on providing Saudi military support|author=Carney, Jordain|date=March 20, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}} In 2021, she voted for a resolution, opposed by a 67–30 majority, that would have blocked a $650 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/584836-senate-rejects-attempt-to-block-bidens-saudi-arms-sale/|title=Senate rejects attempt to block Biden's Saudi arms sale|author=Carney, Jordain|date=December 7, 2021|newspaper=The Hill}}

Baldwin was one of 18 senators to sign a letter to Thad Cochran and Barbara Mikulski in 2016 requesting that the Labor, Health and Education subcommittee hold a hearing on whether to allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fund a study of gun violence.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/265241-senate-dems-want-hearing-on-gun-violence-research/|title=Senate Dems call to revisit gun violence research|first=Jordain|last=Carney|date=January 8, 2016|newspaper=The Hill}}

Baldwin was a cosponsor of the Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act in 2017, a bill to create a charge of domestic violence under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and stipulate that convictions must be reported to federal databases to keep abusers from purchasing firearms within three days in an attempt to close a loophole in the UCMJ whereby convicted abusers retain the ability to purchase firearms.{{cite news|url=http://bigislandnow.com/2017/11/15/sen-hirono-introduces-military-domestic-violence-reporting-enhancement-act/|title=Sen. Hirono Introduces Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act|date=November 15, 2017|publisher=bigislandnow.com}}

Baldwin was a cosponsor of the NICS Denial Notification Act in 2018,{{cite news|url=https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-now/school-safety-bill-introduced-by-bipartisan-senators-in-response-to-florida-shooting/465-12ad93e2-e807-4f78-aafe-8df29fcb6ab0|title=School safety bill introduced by bipartisan senators in response to Florida shooting|date=March 5, 2018|first=Nicole|last=Gaudiano|publisher=wfmynews2.com|access-date=June 16, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204162507/https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-now/school-safety-bill-introduced-by-bipartisan-senators-in-response-to-florida-shooting/465-12ad93e2-e807-4f78-aafe-8df29fcb6ab0|url-status=dead}} legislation developed in the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that would require federal authorities to inform states within a day after a person failing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System attempted to buy a firearm.{{cite news|url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180310/collins-backed-push-to-keep-criminals-from-guns-progresses|title=Collins-backed push to keep criminals from guns progresses|date=March 10, 2018|publisher=seacoastonline.com}}

In 2022, Baldwin voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a gun reform bill introduced after a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The bill enhanced background checks for firearm purchasers under age 21, provided funding for school-based mental health services, and partially closed the gun show loophole and boyfriend loophole.{{Cite news |last=DeBonis |first=Mike |date=June 25, 2022 |title=How the Senate defied 26 years of inaction to tackle gun violence |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/25/senate-gun-deal-behind-scenes/}}{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress – 2nd Session |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00242.htm |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.senate.gov}}{{Cite web |last=Glauber |first=Bill |title=Wisconsin congressional delegation splits along party lines on passage of bipartisan gun safety bill |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/24/tammy-baldwin-backs-ron-johnson-votes-against-gun-safety-bill/7720723001/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}}

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An outspoken advocate of single-payer, government-run universal health care since her days as a state legislator, Baldwin introduced the Health Security for All Americans Act, which would have required states to provide such a system, in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2005.{{cite web|title=H.R.4325 – Health Security for All Americans Act|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/4325|website=Congress.gov|date=May 21, 2004|access-date=February 20, 2018}}{{cite web|title=H.R.5269 – Health Security for All Americans Act|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5269|website=Congress.gov|date=July 29, 2002|access-date=February 20, 2018}}{{cite web|title=H.R.4992 – Health Security for All Americans Act|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/4992|website=Congress.gov|date=August 31, 2000|access-date=February 20, 2018}} The bill died each time it was introduced without a House vote.

Baldwin has said that she "believes strongly that a single-payer health system is the best way to comprehensively and fairly reform our health care system."{{cite news|last1=Kertscher|first1=Tom|title=Tommy Thompson says U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin wants to go "far beyond 'Obamacare'"|url=http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/aug/26/tommy-thompson/tommy-thompson-says-us-senate-rival-tammy-baldwin-/|access-date=February 1, 2018|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=August 26, 2012}} In 2009, she voted for the version of health-care reform that included a public option, a government-run health-care plan that would have competed with private insurers, but only the House passed that version. She ultimately voted for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which became law in 2010.{{cite web|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 165|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll165.xml|website=house.gov|access-date=February 20, 2018}} Baldwin is credited with writing the ACA provision that allows Americans to stay on their parents' health insurance until age 26.{{Cite web |last=Heim |first=Madeline |title=Fact check: Baldwin's claim about her role in the Affordable Care Act mostly true |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/politifactwisconsin/2024/05/17/baldwins-claim-about-her-affordable-care-act-role-is-mostly-true/73718941007/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}} She said she hoped a public option in the ACA would lead to a single-payer system. The first version of the ACA Baldwin voted for included a public option, but the final version did not.

In 2009, Baldwin introduced the Ending LGBT Health Disparities Act (ELHDA), which sought to advance LGBT health priorities by promoting research, cultural competency, and non-discrimination policies. The bill did not pass.Kristen Eckstrand; Jesse M. Ehrenfeld. February 2016. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare: A Clinical Guide to Preventive, Primary, and Specialist Care. Springer. pp. 429–. {{ISBN|978-3-319-19752-4}}.

Baldwin was one of five Democratic senators to sign a letter to President Trump in 2017 warning that failure "to take immediate action to oppose the lawsuit or direct House Republicans to forgo this effort will increase instability in the insurance market, as insurers may choose not to participate in the marketplace in 2018" and that they remained concerned that his administration "has still not provided certainty to insurers and consumers that you will protect the cost-sharing subsidies provided under the law."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/327040-dems-ask-trump-to-drop-lawsuit-over-obamacare-insurer-payments/|title=Dems ask Trump to drop lawsuit over ObamaCare insurer payments|first=Jessie|last=Hellmann|newspaper=The Hill}}

Also in 2017, Baldwin wrote an op-ed titled "Why I support Medicare for all and other efforts to expand health coverage."{{cite news |last1=Baldwin |first1=Tammy |title=Baldwin: Why I support Medicare for all and other efforts to expand health coverage |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/09/12/baldwin-why-support-medicare-all-and-other-efforts-expand-health-coverage/657254001/ |access-date=January 20, 2019 |work=Journal Sentinel |date=September 12, 2017}} In 2018 she was one of ten senators to sponsor the Choose Medicare Act, an expanded public option for health insurance that also increased Obamacare subsidies and rendered people with higher incomes eligible for its assistance.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/383764-dem-senators-unveil-expanded-public-option-for-health-insurance/|title=Dem senators unveil expanded public option for health insurance|author=Sullivan, Peter|date=April 18, 2018|newspaper=The Hill}}

During the 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown, Baldwin was one of 34 senators to sign a letter to Commissioner of Food and Drugs Scott Gottlieb recognizing the FDA's efforts to address the shutdown's effect on public health and employees while remaining alarmed "that the continued shutdown will result in increasingly harmful effects on the agency's employees and the safety and security of the nation's food and medical products."{{cite news|url=https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/news/democratic-senators-e2809calarmede2809d-by-shutdowne28099s-potential-impact-on-food-safety/|title=Democratic Senators "Alarmed" by Shutdown's Potential Impact on Food Safety|date=January 15, 2019|publisher=foodsafetymagazine.com}}

In 2019, Baldwin was one of 11 senators to sign a letter to insulin manufactures Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi about their increased insulin prices depriving patients of "access to the life-saving medications they need".{{cite news|url=https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/politics/sen-kaine-calls-on-pharmaceutical-companies-to-explain-skyrocketing-insulin-prices/291-e403ed97-1b9a-4092-87ff-4126fa25036d|title=Sen. Kaine calls on pharmaceutical companies to explain skyrocketing insulin prices|date=February 5, 2019|publisher=13newsnow.com}} She was one of eight senators to cosponsor the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), a bill intended to strengthen training for new and existing physicians, people who teach palliative care, and other providers on the palliative care team that grants patients and their families a voice in their care and treatment goals.{{cite news|url=https://www.register-herald.com/health/senators-reintroduce-palliative-care-and-hospice-education-and-training-act/article_0d1623b7-6011-5026-81ab-3e5bd5447664.html|title=Senators reintroduce Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act|first=Wendy|last=Holdren|publisher=register-herald.com|date=July 11, 2019}} In 2022, Baldwin voted with Democrats to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which capped the cost of insulin for seniors on Medicare at $35 a month. The act also allowed Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.{{Cite web |last=Hodges |first=Noah |date=2024-08-15 |title=Baldwin celebrates round of negotiated lower Medicare drug prices |url=https://www.news8000.com/news/local-news/sen-tammy-baldwin-holds-virtual-press-conference-to-celebrate-inflation-reduction-act/article_1b6c4876-5b5e-11ef-b8d0-67da22103fd7.html |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=News8000.com |language=en}}

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Baldwin was one of 41 senators to sign a bipartisan letter in 2019 to the housing subcommittee supporting the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that President Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." The senators wrote of their hope that the subcommittee would support continued funding for Section 4 in Fiscal Year 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-merkley-urge-more-affordable-housing-funds/1069680950|title=Wyden, Merkley urge more affordable housing funds|date=April 16, 2019|publisher=ktvz.com|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418125917/https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-merkley-urge-more-affordable-housing-funds/1069680950|url-status=dead}}

In 2024, Baldwin co-sponsored the Stop Predatory Investing Act to ban corporate investors that buy up more than 50 single-family homes from deducting interest or depreciation on those properties.{{Cite web |last=Faust |first=Margaret |date=2024-02-05 |title=Real estate investors who buy up single family homes could get taxed under new bill |url=https://www.wpr.org/news/real-estate-investors-who-buy-up-single-family-homes-in-wisconsin-could-get-taxed-under-new-bill |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=WPR |language=en-US}}

Baldwin voted against building a fence on the U.S.–Mexico border in 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/international/Tammy_Baldwin_Immigration.htm|title=Tammy Baldwin on Immigration|website=ontheissues.org|access-date=February 13, 2019}} She voted in 2013 for S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.{{cite web|title=Roll Call Vote 113th Congress – 1st Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00168|website=United States Senate|access-date=February 19, 2018}} She voted against Kate's Law in 2016.{{cite web|title=Roll Call Vote 114th Congress – 2nd Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=2&vote=00120|website=United States Senate|access-date=February 19, 2018}}

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In 1993, Baldwin became the first openly lesbian woman elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly and one of few openly LGBT people elected to political offices in the United States at the time of her election.

In 1993, she said she was disappointed by President Bill Clinton's support of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, calling it "a concession to bigotry".{{Cite news |date=1993-07-20 |title=Baldwin: 'Concession to bigotry' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-baldwin-conces/142853555/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |page=2}} In 1994, she proposed legalizing same-sex marriage in Wisconsin.{{Cite news |last=Hildebrand |first=Scott |date=1994-06-09 |title=Adoption case goes to high court |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-adoption-case-go/142853635/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |page=11}} In 1995, she proposed domestic partnerships in Wisconsin.{{Cite news |last=Pommer |first=Matt |date=1995-06-16 |title=Baldwin: State should legalize gay marriages |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-baldwin-state-should/142853871/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=The Capital Times |page=3}}

In 2018, Baldwin was one of 20 senators to sign a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to reverse the rollback of a policy that granted visas to same-sex partners of LGBTQ diplomats who had unions that were not recognized by their home countries, writing that too many places around the world had seen LGBTQ people "subjected to discrimination and unspeakable violence, and receive little or no protection from the law or local authorities" and that refusing to let LGBTQ diplomats bring their partners to the U.S. would be equivalent to upholding "the discriminatory policies of many countries around the world".{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/11/democratic-senators-lgbt-diplomats-894174|title=Democratic senators demand Pompeo reverse visa denials for LGBTQ diplomats' partners|first=Jesus|last=Rodriguez|date=October 11, 2018|publisher=Politico.com}}

In 2019, Baldwin was one of 18 senators to sign a letter to Pompeo requesting an explanation of a State Department decision not to issue an official statement that year commemorating Pride Month or to issue the annual cable outlining activities for embassies commemorating Pride Month. They also asked why the LGBTI special envoy position remained vacant and wrote that "preventing the official flying of rainbow flags and limiting public messages celebrating Pride Month signals to the international community that the United States is abandoning the advancement of LGBTI rights as a foreign policy priority".{{cite news|url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/2019/06/us-sens-markey-warren-question-state-department-refusal-to-fly-rainbow-flags-at-embassies-during-pride-month.html|title=US. Sens. Markey, Warren question State Department refusal to fly rainbow flags at embassies during Pride month|date=June 14, 2019|first=Ray|last=Kelly|website=Masslive.com}}

In 2022, Baldwin helped pass the Respect for Marriage Act.{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Alex |date=2022-11-30 |title=Tammy Baldwin led Senate to pass bill protecting same-sex marriage {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/politics/tammy-baldwin-same-sex-marriage/index.html |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}

On December 16, 2024, Baldwin led over 20 Democratic senators in introducing an amendment to the Senate version of the NDAA 2025 that removed the restriction on TRICARE coverage for gender-affirming care for minors. The amendment was not brought up for a vote.{{Cite web |last=Ring |first=Trudy |date=2024-12-17 |title=Tammy Baldwin, 20 other senators try to strike anti-trans provision from defense bill |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/tammy-baldwin-opposes-transphobic-bill |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=The Advocate |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lavietes |first=Matt |date=2024-12-16 |title=Democratic senators seek to ax transgender care ban from defense bill |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/democratic-senators-transgender-care-ban-defense-bill-rcna184431 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=NBC News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ring |first=Trudy |date=2024-12-18 |title=Senate passes defense bill with anti-trans language; now goes to Biden |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/senate-passes-anti-trans-ndaa |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=NBC News |language=en-US}}

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Baldwin introduced a bill in 2013 that would "bring greater government transparency, oversight and due process whenever authorities use information gathered for intelligence purposes to make domestic non-terrorism cases against Americans."{{cite news|last1=Shiffman|first1=John|title=Senator seeks disclosure of NSA role in non-terrorism domestic cases|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-bill/senator-seeks-disclosure-of-nsa-role-in-non-terrorism-domestic-cases-idUSBRE9AD17O20131114|website=Reuters|date=November 14, 2013|access-date=February 20, 2018}}

She called the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, in 2016 a "hate crime"{{cite web|last1=Barrón-López|first1=Laura|title=First Openly Gay Senator Wants Everyone To Remember Orlando Massacre Was A Hate Crime|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tammy-baldwin-orlando-shooting_us_5762eafde4b09c926cfe8208|website=Huffington Post|date=June 16, 2016|access-date=February 20, 2018}} and said, "The question now for America is are we going to come together and stand united against hate, gun violence and terrorism?"{{cite web|title=Wisconsin lawmakers react to mass shooting in Orlando|url=http://www.wkow.com/story/32202863/2016/06/Sunday/sen-tammy-baldwin-statement-on-mass-shooting-in-orlando|website=WKOW|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100915/http://www.wkow.com/story/32202863/2016/06/Sunday/sen-tammy-baldwin-statement-on-mass-shooting-in-orlando|url-status=dead}}

Baldwin was one of 22 members of Congress to vote against a 2006 9/11 memorial bill; she said she "voted against the bill because Republicans had inserted provisions praising the Patriot Act and hard-line immigration measures".{{cite web|last=Bergquist |first=Lee |url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/175431831.html |title=Thompson ad attacks Baldwin on 9-11 vote |publisher=Jsonline.com |date=October 23, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2013}}{{cite web |last=Joseph |first=Cameron |url=https://thehill.com/video/campaign/263481-thompson-ad-hit-baldwin-on-vote-against-911-memorial/ |title=Thompson ad hits Baldwin on vote against 9/11 memorial – The Hill's Video |publisher=Thehill.com |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-date=October 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029061046/http://thehill.com/video/campaign/263481-thompson-ad-hit-baldwin-on-vote-against-911-memorial |url-status=live }} She voted nine times in favor of other similar bills.

Her vote received renewed attention in Wisconsin's 2012 U.S. Senate race, when Tommy Thompson's campaign released an ad about it that PolitiFact rated "Mostly False".{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/oct/26/tommy-thompson/thompson-says-baldwin-voted-against-resolution-hon/|title=Thompson says Baldwin voted against resolution to honor victims of 9/11|website=PolitiFact|language=en-US|access-date=April 20, 2020}} Thompson said, "Wisconsin voters need to know that Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin put her extreme views above honoring the men and women who were murdered by the terrorists in the Sept. 11 attacks on our nation." PolitiFact wrote, "Thompson said his Democratic challenger voted against a resolution honoring 9/11 victims. Technically, he's correct. Baldwin voted against the measure in 2006—and criticized Republicans for adding in references to the Patriot Act, immigration bills, and other controversial matters. But Baldwin has voted nine times in favor of similar resolutions, and the day before the vote in question supported creation of a memorial at the World Trade Center site. Thompson's statement contains an element of truth, but leaves out critical information that would give a different impression. That's our definition of Mostly False."

Baldwin was a cosponsor of a bipartisan resolution led by Gary Peters and Jerry Moran in 2019 that opposed privatization of the United States Postal Service (USPS), citing the USPS as a self-sustained establishment and noting concerns that privatization could cause higher prices and reduced services for its customers, especially in rural communities.{{cite news|url=https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Peters-Moran-opposing-privatization-of-USPS-506834151.html|title=Peters, Moran reintroduce bipartisan resolution opposing privatization of USPS|date=March 7, 2019|publisher=uppermichiganssource.com}}

File:Realizing the Jason Simcakoski Memorial and Promise Act (30974207590).jpgIn August 2013, Baldwin was one of 23 Democratic senators to sign a letter to the Defense Department warning that some payday lenders were "offering predatory loan products to service members at exorbitant triple digit effective interest rates and loan products that do not include the additional protections envisioned by the law" and asserting that service members and their families "deserve the strongest possible protections and swift action to ensure that all forms of credit offered to members of our armed forces are safe and sound."{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/159307-senate-dems-ask-dod-to-protect-service-members-from-predatory-lenders/|title=Senate Dems ask DOD to protect service members from predatory lenders|author=Cox, Ramsey|date=August 15, 2013|newspaper=The Hill}}

In January 2015, USA Today obtained a copy of a report by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general about the Tomah, Wisconsin Veterans Affairs medical facility. The report said that two physicians at the Tomah VA were among the biggest prescribers of opioids in a multi-state region, raising "potentially serious concerns". Baldwin's office had received the report in August 2014 but did not take action until January 2015, when Baldwin called for an investigation after the Center for Investigative Reporting published details of the report, including information about a veteran who died from an overdose at the facility. A whistleblower and former Tomah VA employee learned that Baldwin's office had a copy of the report, and repeatedly emailed Baldwin's office asking that she take action on the issue. Baldwin's office did not explain why they waited from August 2014 to January 2015 to call for an investigation. Baldwin was the only member of Congress who had a copy of the report.{{cite news|last1=Slack|first1=Donovan|title=Sen. Baldwin had Tomah VA report for months|url=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/2015/01/19/sen-baldwin-had-tomah-va-report-for-months/22025759/|access-date=February 1, 2018|agency=Gannett Wisconsin|publisher=Green Bay Press Gazette|date=January 19, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Slack|first1=Donovan|title=Baldwin fires aide over Tomah VA report|url=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/26/wisconsin-sen-tammy-baldwin-fires-aide-over-tomah-va-report/22349889/|access-date=February 1, 2018|agency=Gannett|publisher=Green Bay Press Gazette|date=January 26, 2015}}

In February 2015, Baldwin fired her deputy state director over her handling of the VA report. The aide was offered but declined a severance deal that included a cash payout and a confidentiality agreement that would have required her to keep quiet. The aide filed an ethics complaint with the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The complaint was dismissed as lacking merit.{{cite news|last1=Slack|first1=Donovan|title=Fired aide accuses Wis. senator of cover-up in vets' care case|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/20/wisconsin-senator-baldwin-accused-of-cover-up-by-fired-aide-in-va-health-care-scandal/26090619/|access-date=February 1, 2018|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 20, 2015}} Baldwin said, "we should have done a better job listening to and communicating with another constituent with whom we were working on problems at the VA", and that she had started a review of why her office had failed to act on the report. As a result of the review, Baldwin fined her chief of staff, demoted her state director, and reassigned a veterans' outreach staffer.{{cite news|last1=Slack|first1=Donovan|title=Senator probes her own office's bungling on VA care|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/26/baldwin-tomah-veterans-opiates-investigation/24055073/|access-date=February 1, 2018|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 26, 2015}} In 2016, Baldwin introduced a bill named after the affected veteran, Jason Simcakoski, to strengthen opioid prescribing practices and guidelines at the VA.{{cite news|last1=Glauber|first1=Bill|title=Tammy Baldwin introduces bipartisan bill to strengthen opioid safety in VA choice program|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/15/tammy-baldwin-introduces-bipartisan-bill-strengthen-opioid-safety-va-choice-program/868074001/|access-date=February 1, 2018|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=November 15, 2017}} In November 2017, Baldwin co-sponsored legislation designed to strengthen opioid safety in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

In 2021, Baldwin co-sponsored a bill to expand VA health benefits for veterans who were exposed to burn pits at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan, also known as K2 Air Base.{{Cite web |last=Glauber |first=Bill |title=Tammy Baldwin co-introduces bill to cover vets exposed to toxic substances at Uzbekistan air base |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/25/tammy-baldwin-pushes-bill-vets-exposed-toxic-substances-k-2/6804189002/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}}

Baldwin was in a relationship with Lauren Azar for 15 years; the couple registered as domestic partners in 2009.{{cite news |title=Lesbian Congresswoman Splits With Domestic Partner |author=Emily Miller |newspaper=Human Events |date=June 4, 2010}} They separated in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12563993|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610051528/http://wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12563993|archive-date=June 10, 2011|title=Wis. congresswoman separates from longtime partner|work=WQOW television|date=May 29, 2010}}

Baldwin was baptized Episcopalian but considers herself "unaffiliated" with a religion.{{Cite news|url=https://madison.com/wsj/lifestyles/faith-and-values/religion/in-the-spirit-when-it-comes-to-religious-affiliation-baldwin/article_08c18e6c-328e-11e2-b599-0019bb2963f4.html|title=In the Spirit: When it comes to religious affiliation, Baldwin, Pocan 'unspecified'|last=Erickson|first=Doug |work= Wisconsin State Journal|access-date=October 17, 2018|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2015/01/05/members-of-congress-religious-affiliations/|title=Members of Congress: Religious Affiliations |date=January 5, 2015|work=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|access-date=October 17, 2018|language=en-US}}

In 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride parade, Queerty named Baldwin one of 50 heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people".{{Cite web|title=Queerty Pride50 2020 Honorees|url=https://www.queerty.com/pride50/|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=Queerty|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|author=|date=July 2, 2020|title=9 queer political figures creating a more perfect union this election year|url=https://www.queerty.com/9-queer-political-figures-creating-perfect-union-election-year-20200702|access-date=July 28, 2020|website=Queerty}}

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• [http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=170 "Federal Politics and Medical Practices"], Presentation given by Baldwin at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, January 25, 2007
• [http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=1674 "Health Care Reform in 2009? The View from Washington, DC"], Presentation given by Baldwin at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, February 4, 2008

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