Rep. Baumgartner, Michael

Republican · Washington-5 · House of Representatives

Michael James Baumgartner is an American politician and former diplomat currently serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 5th congressional district, a post he has held since 2025. Baumgartner, a Republican, previously served as the 28th Spokane County treasurer and as a member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 6th district from 2011 to 2019 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 election for the United States Senate, unsuccessfully challenging Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell.

Voting record

Participation: shows up to vote 99% of the time.
Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 12.0% of the time.
Alignment with the district's political lean: 76.2%.
Bills sponsored: 14; passed into law: 0.

Recent votes by Rep. Baumgartner, Michael

Voted Nay on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Voted Yea on Tighten financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Voted Yea on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
Voted Yea on Exempts active military pay from income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
Voted Nay on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
Voted Not Voting on Raises passenger fees for airport improvements — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Voted Yea on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
Voted Nay on Require Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist designation — Clean Energy for America Act
Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
Voted Yea on Require citizenship proof to register to vote — SAVE Act
Voted Yea on Expands police chase authority in Washington DC — District of Columbia Policing Protection Act
Voted Yea on Funds federal government through September 2026 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Yea on Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 18) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications"; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1526) to amend title 28, United States Code, to limit the authority of district courts to provide injunctive relief, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Voted Yea on Protects seniors from financial exploitation in investments — Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025

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