Tammy Baldwin

Some of the key events about Tammy Baldwin

• 1984

  Graduated from Smith College with degrees in mathematics and government
• 1986

  Elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors
• 1993

  Elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly
• 1998

  Became the first openly gay woman elected to Congress
• 1999

  Voted against a bill to ban partial-birth abortions
• 2004

  Co-founded the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
• 2006

  Voted against a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman
• 2007

  Authored the Ending LGBT Health Disparities Act
• 2008

  Voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, which aimed to address the subprime mortgage crisis
• 2009

  Helped pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
• 2010

  Played a key role in repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy
• 2011

  Voted against a bill to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio
• 2012

  Became the first openly LGBT person elected to the U.S. Senate
• 2013

  Introduced the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act
• 2013

  Voted against an amendment to require completion of the border fence with Mexico
• 2015

  Voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act
• 2017

  Voted against the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
• 2018

  Voted against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
• 2019

  Voted against the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
• 2020

  Voted against the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

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