Tammy Baldwin
Some of the key events about Tammy Baldwin
- 1984Graduated from Smith College with degrees in mathematics and government
- 1986Elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors
- 1993Elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 1998Became the first openly gay woman elected to Congress
- 1999Voted against a bill to ban partial-birth abortions
- 2004Co-founded the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
- 2006Voted against a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman
- 2007Authored the Ending LGBT Health Disparities Act
- 2008Voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, which aimed to address the subprime mortgage crisis
- 2009Helped pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
- 2010Played a key role in repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy
- 2011Voted against a bill to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio
- 2012Became the first openly LGBT person elected to the U.S. Senate
- 2013Introduced the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act
- 2013Voted against an amendment to require completion of the border fence with Mexico
- 2015Voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act
- 2017Voted against the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
- 2018Voted against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
- 2019Voted against the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
- 2020Voted against the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
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