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Tammy Baldwin

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Tammy Baldwin is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she made history as the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to the U.S. Senate. Baldwin previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 6, 1999, to January 3, 2013, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Throughout her career, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic opportunity for all Americans.

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Oct 1, 2026

This bill tries to sell the American people a bad bill of goods and take them for fools.

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Oct 1, 2026

This lifesaving resource never should have gone away in the first place, but I am glad the lifesaving support Press 3 provides is once again there for people who need it.

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Oct 1, 2026

I’ve fought tooth and nail to restore this lifesaving resource.

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Oct 1, 2026

This was a deliberate choice. The Trump Administration chose to put children’s lives on the line to score some political points.

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Oct 1, 2026

Suicide and mental health struggles touch every community across our state, and that’s why creating the 988 crisis lifeline to make sure help is there for everyone is one of my proudest accomplishments.

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Sep 30, 2026

Today, we will put all Senators on the record – do they want to be responsible for these high costs and their constituents losing their insurance coverage, or will they stand with Americans who just want some breathing room?

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Sep 30, 2026

Americans have been clear that they need lower health care costs. And what does President Trump do to respond? He pushes a policy that will cause out-of-pocket costs to skyrocket, reduce the benefits you get for the same plan, and…

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Sep 30, 2026

This misguided policy, which Republicans and the President own, will jack up out-of-pocket costs and deductibles on millions, pile on red tape, and reduce coverage for essential things like addiction treatment, hearing aids, and more.

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Sep 30, 2026

For over a decade, President Trump and Congressional Republicans have tried and failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, without a plan to replace it for the 23 million Americans who rely on this program for insurance.

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Sep 29, 2026

Patients and families are already paying an enormous price because of this administration’s nonstop attacks on the NIH—the last thing they need is for their hopes for new treatments and cures to be pushed farther out of view because you…

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Sep 29, 2026

I was proud to strengthen this bill to protect student-athletes’ rights and ensure that if they are sexually assaulted or get serious injuries like CTE, they can get their justice.

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Sep 29, 2026

Wisconsin has an incredibly proud tradition of college sports. These young people learn lifelong skills, while also bringing pride to their schools and bringing our communities together.

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Sep 26, 2026

This damage and uncertainty will only hurt student populations that federal funding intended to support.

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Sep 26, 2026

We know high-quality education has the ability to raise families out of poverty and meaningfully improve future earnings.

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Sep 26, 2026

Schools and other grant recipients need a meaningful degree of certainty to properly plan their budgets and provide services to students.

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Sep 26, 2026

This proposed rule is unnecessarily broad and vague, would undermine the stability of educational programs, and does nothing to improve educational outcomes for students.

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Sep 26, 2026

It’s just plain wrong, and I’m proud that our commonsense proposal passed the House and is one step closer to giving victims the relief they deserve.

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Sep 26, 2026

If you’ve been scammed out of your hard-earned savings or lost everything in a disaster, you shouldn’t then get stuck with a tax bill for money you don’t have.

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Sep 26, 2026

On top of all of this, the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans undermining bipartisan budget agreements like this will only lead to more wasteful government shutdowns, when one side breaks the deal months later.

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Sep 26, 2026

My Republican colleagues, who wrote and voted for this very law, need to stand up for the families and stop this President from illegally taking their money.

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Sep 26, 2026

President Trump knows well what the law says – the one I wrote with my Republican colleagues – but he is blatantly breaking it and stealing the money from the American people.

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Sep 25, 2026

The lack of preparedness that has led to injuries and deaths

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Sep 24, 2026

My bill will stop the President from sending armed troops to our local polling places and make sure you can access the ballot box and have your voice heard.

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Sep 24, 2026

There is no reason for masked, armed agents to be at polling places like churches, schools, and libraries other than to intimidate eligible voters from making their voices heard.

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Sep 24, 2026

President Trump is pulling every lever he has to weaponize the federal government and undermine our elections — and that includes him threatening to send armed federal agents to our polling places.

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