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Michael Baumgartner
U.S. Representative, WA-5
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, WA-5 current
Washington |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District WA-5 current
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 1, 2030 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Education and Workforce unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce — Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce — Higher Education and Workforce Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Middle East and North Africa unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs — South and Central Asia unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on the Judiciary — Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on the Judiciary — The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.568, social dim. 0.338. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (583 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 42 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 61 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 758 — Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025 | Yea | Mar 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 856 — Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act | Yea | Mar 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… | Yea | Feb 27, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 35 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… | Yea | Feb 26, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 695 — Medal of Honor Act | Yea | Feb 26, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 804 — Rural Small Business Resilience Act | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 788 — DOE and SBA Research Act | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 818 — SPUR Act | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 832 — Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 825 — Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 35 — Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act | Yea | Feb 13, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act | Yea | Feb 12, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act | Nay | Feb 12, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… | Yea | Feb 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… | Yea | Feb 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 736 — Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 692 — China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 26 — Protecting American Energy Production Act | Yea | Feb 7, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,004 recorded contributions totalling $1,935,087. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 228 of 1004 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 180 | $738,225 | 38% |
| Corporate PAC | 44 | $235,230 | 12% |
| Super PAC | 4 | $165,544 | 9% |
| Unclassified | 776 | $796,088 | 41% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $73,473 | — | CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. | Super PAC | Jul 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $73,473 | — | CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. | Super PAC | Jul 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $50,000 | BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL JAMES | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Jul 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $50,000 | BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL JAMES | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Jul 17, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $50,000 | BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL JAMES | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Jul 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $13,200 | JHASHI, VAJA | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Jul 22, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $9,299 | — | CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. | Super PAC | Aug 1, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $9,299 | — | CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. | Super PAC | Aug 1, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | BENNETT, GREGG | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Mar 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | WINRED | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Jul 24, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | CONNORS, JOHN | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Mar 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | WINRED | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | WINRED | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Mar 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | CONNORS, KATHY | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Mar 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | WINRED | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Jul 21, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Social media
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