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  Tammy Baldwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962), American politician, is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the Second Congressional District of Wisconsin (map).
Baldwin was first elected to political office in 1986 when she was elected to the Dane County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors, a position that she held until 1994.
Baldwin is the first woman elected to Congress from the state of Wisconsin, and is currently serving her fourth term.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tammy_Baldwin   (354 words)

  
 JS Online: Baldwin, Sharpless look for student vote
Baldwin and Sharpless, mindful of a 1998 race that hinged on the campus vote, are ladling attention on the UW crowd in hopes of bolstering their student base.
Baldwin said she has worked to increase access and funding for financial aid, but said students are not bound by narrow self-interest.
Baldwin, however, said her staff has made a pastime of counting the number of cars they see with Baldwin and Nader stickers on the same bumper.
www.jsonline.com /news/state/oct00/baldwin08100700.asp?format=print   (1295 words)

  
 Lesbians In Business - U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tammy's energetic campaign was cited as a rare example of an effective grassroots campaign that motivated younger voters and first-time voters to cast the ballots that got her elected.
Tammy, a lifelong resident of Madison, made history by becoming the first woman from Wisconsin and the first openly gay or lesbian person elected as a non-incumbent to the US Congress.
Tammy was born in Madison and was raised jointly by her mother and her maternal grandparents.
www.lesbianworlds.com /business/baldwin.htm   (394 words)

  
 TAP: Vol 14, Iss. 9. The Students' Rep. Heidi Pauken.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Baldwin's campus ties date back to her first semester as a UW-Madison law student in 1986, when, at age 24, she won a seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors.
Baldwin's "youthquake" caused 28 polling places to run out of ballots, and some voters waited in line for more than two hours to cast their vote.
Baldwin's knack for satisfying a spectrum of constituents and still finding time for students makes the congresswoman tough to duplicate, her supporters say.
www.prospect.org /print/V14/9/pauken-h.html   (1470 words)

  
 About Us | HouseDemocrats.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tammy frequently reminds young and old, alike, to ignore those she calls “the naysayers, the cynics, and the keepers of the status quo;” something she has done successfully throughout her political career.
Nonetheless, Tammy was elected three times to the State Assembly and then, at the age of 37, became the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from the State of Wisconsin and the first non-incumbent, openly gay person to be elected to Congress.
Tammy Baldwin was born in February 1962 in the area she now represents in Congress and can trace one branch of her family tree back to 1866 in Sauk County (Baraboo).
www.housedemocrats.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=31   (949 words)

  
 Tammy Baldwin - dKosopedia
Tammy began her political career on the Dane County Board of Supervisors in 1986, and next served as Dane County Supervisor from 1986-1994.
Tammy has been noted for her ability to energize college students and other constituents for high voter turnouts.
Tammy spoke on July 26, 2004 at the Democratic National Convention.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Tammy_Baldwin   (188 words)

  
 Tammy Baldwin's Turn
Baldwin remembers sitting alone in the apartment, watching the Democratic National Convention that was held that summer in San Francisco.
Baldwin, one of the most prominent backers in Congress of a single-payer health care system that would cover all Americans, admits that the proposal put forward by Kerry, the man Democrats will nominate this week for president, does not achieve the full coverage that a single-payer system would deliver.
Still, Baldwin says she hopes there will be young women, some of them just out of college and sitting on the floor of their first apartments, who will be inspired both by what she has to say and by her presence in prime time.
www.thenation.com /thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=1601   (991 words)

  
 Niche Lifestyles and Branding: Speakers
In November 1998, Tammy Baldwin was elected to Congress -- the first woman to serve in the House of Representatives from Wisconsin.
Tammy Baldwin is a forceful supporter of civil rights and an advocate for those in our society whose voices, too often, are not heard.
Tammy Baldwin began her career in elective office as a member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors in 1986.
advertising.utexas.edu /nichesandbrands/speakers/baldwin.html   (361 words)

  
 Top Story 01
Baldwin, 40, the first openly gay person to win a House seat as a non-incumbent, won re-election in 2000 over history professor John Sharpless with just 51 percent of the vote.
Baldwin shot back that maintaining current levels of aid is truly "shortsighted." She said students are emerging from college with huge debts.
Baldwin said she supported the idea and was working on legislation to do just that.
www.gmtoday.com /news/politics/stories/topstory088.asp   (762 words)

  
 U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin Discusses Fed Funding for Special Ed. - MMSD
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin met with over 50 parents, teachers, school administrators, union representatives and school board members from 15 school districts in the 2nd Congressional District in October to discuss the issues around federal funding for special education.
Baldwin explained that Congress has limited its ability to pay for mandated special education programs and services due to federal law that requires more budget cuts despite the burgeoning surplus.
Madison school board member Ruth Robarts tells Rep. Baldwin that because the state and federal governments have reneged on their obligation to pay for special education programs, parents of regular and special education are being pitted against each other vying for dwindling resources.
www.madison.k12.wi.us /speced10.htm   (319 words)

  
 glbtq >> social sciences >> Baldwin, Tammy
For much of Baldwin's childhood her mother struggled with an addiction to prescription medications, but she was eventually able to overcome the problem and become a counselor to others.
Baldwin graduated first in her class at Madison West High School in 1980 and went on to Smith College, from which she received a bachelor's degree in 1984 with a double major in government and mathematics.
A lifelong resident of the upper midwest, Baldwin is distressed by the degradation of the environment in her home region and throughout the country.
www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/baldwin_t.html   (776 words)

  
 Tammy Baldwin first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tammy Baldwin is the subject of the second profile on gays in public life.
In November 1998, Tammy Baldwin was elected to Congress, the first woman to serve in the House of Representatives from Wisconsin and the first openly gay person to be elected to Congress as a non-incumbent.
In her first term, Baldwin was named Chair of the Assembly Committee on Elections, Constitutional Law and Corrections, making her one of the first freshman lawmakers in Wisconsin history to be chosen as chair of a major standing committee.
www.ksg.harvard.edu /citizen/Nov01/acei1101.html   (396 words)

  
 Pilgrims Covenant Church - The Real Tammy Baldwin
The truth is, Tammy Baldwin's actions reveal her to be a person in rebellion to God and bent on promoting a wicked, even brutal, agenda.
Baldwin even supports and defends partial-birth abortion, the procedure in which babies are partially delivered and murdered by having a scissors jammed into the back of their heads.
Tammy Baldwin is a champion of the radical homosexual political agenda.
www.pccmonroe.com /Homosexuality/tammybaldwin.htm   (821 words)

  
 All Immigration Votes of Representative Tammy Baldwin
Baldwin voted FOR H RES 365, which was brought up and passed in a new form in March of 2002.
Baldwin was one of 275 Representatives who voted in favor of the 245(i) amnesty.
Baldwin was part of a 336-43 majority voting in favor of the four-month extension of Section 245(i).
profiles.numbersusa.com /improfile.php3?DistSend=WI&VIPID=868   (5961 words)

  
 Wisconsin Vote   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Democrat Tammy Baldwin is seeking a fourth term as representative in the 2nd Congressional District.
Baldwin for her part is not relenting in her effort to secure health insurance for all Americans, having recently unveiled -- as she has in every session of Congress since taking office -- universal health care legislation.
In an interview Baldwin advanced positions that would inform her stance to Iraq throughout the prolonged debate: the regime posed "no imminent threat"; close collaboration with the United Nations was vital; weapons inspectors should be permitted to return to Iraq and complete their work.
www.wisconsinvote.org /candidates/candetails.cfm?candidateid=107&c=1&CFID=6233946&CFTOKEN=37015763   (1435 words)

  
 GMax - US politics: A Rough 2004 for Tammy Baldwin?
U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), the only out lesbian in Congress, is a tempting target for the GOP in next year's elections.
But it's a tribute to both Baldwin and the people she represents that even in the small towns and rural areas, local officials have been supportive and helpful in keeping the antigay harassment within legal limits.
The possibility that Baldwin will once again have a tough re-election battle is real; her friends and supporters, especially in the gay community, need to show their support now.
www.gmax.co.za /look/08/25-capitalletters.html   (548 words)

  
 JS Online: Party's rising star gets prime-time platform
Tammy Baldwin (left), a House Democrat from Madison, works on her speech with speech coach Chris Janke on Sunday at the FleetCenter in Boston.
Baldwin also hinted that she may allude to fears of a brain-drain that could see top experts fleeing for foreign countries if research there is better-funded and there is no prohibition on developing new lines of stem cells.
Today Baldwin is part of a bipartisan study group working with the think tanks from both sides of the political spectrum, such as The Heritage Foundation and The Brookings Institution, to reach a compromise on the various plans put forth.
www.jsonline.com /news/nat/jul04/246457.asp?format=print   (1103 words)

  
 Tammy Baldwin interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Baldwin: I think there is a real opportunity, and it relates to the confluence of several factors.
Baldwin: Well, consistently throughout the time that I've had the honor of serving the people of south-central Wisconsin, the number one issue raised to me, usually in the form of a personal story or anecdote, has been about health care.
In this case it was a civil liberties provision that he and I agreed on, and I think everyone on the committee said that if Tammy Baldwin and Bob Barr agree on something, it's got to be okay.
www.lorberblatt.com /joshd/andy/baldwin_interview.asp   (3583 words)

  
 WisPolitics.com: Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Baldwin's score was based on votes on key environmental legislation during the current session of Congress and was published as part of the 2000 National Environmental Scorecard issued by the League of Conservation Voters.
Baldwin recently received the endorsement of the Sierra Club which cited her leadership and voting record on environmental issues." You can't improve on perfect -Tammy is an outstanding representative in Congress working hard to protect Wisconsin's clean air and water," said Chuck Erickson, Vice Chair of the Four Lakes Group of the Sierra Club.
Baldwin has also proven her leadership to the district by helping local communities seek consensus on the re-use of the federal lands once known as the Badger Army Ammunition Plant.
archive.wispolitics.com /freeser/pr/pr0010/pr00103011.html   (493 words)

  
 Burnt Orange Report - Tammy Baldwin Interview
Tammy Baldwin is probably best known as the first and only open lesbian to be elected to the United States Congress.
As the first open lesbian in congress, Baldwin believed that her success as a candidate was due to her involvement in local and state level politics first.
On higher education issues Baldwin shared many of the concerns that many students, especially of those at the University of Texas, as she represents a large university in Madison - the University of Wisconsin.
www.burntorangereport.com /archives/2004/07/tammy_baldwin_i.html   (766 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
But, until you walk a mile in Tammy Baldwin's shoes you may not know much about her.
Baldwin's young mind was influenced by living with both her mother and maternal grandparents.
As Baldwin and her friends matured, Zillner was not surprised Baldwin entered politics in 1986 with a run for county board.
www.officer.com /news/IBS/wisc/news-2430098.html   (498 words)

  
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Tammy Baldwin was born in Madison in 1962, the daughter of a UW student.
Congresswoman Baldwin belongs to the radical Progressive Caucus in the House of Representatives.
This may mean that Rep. Baldwin has found a way to coerce Republican as well as Democratic taxpayers to pay for her re-election campaigns through partisan political contributions she is given by the taxpayer-funded University of Wisconsin and the U.S. Department of Defense.
www.discoverthenetwork.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=1319   (621 words)

  
 Headlines for September 3, 2001
Tammy Baldwin (third from right) with members of the FutureTruck team and team advisor Glenn Bower (far right).
United States Representative Tammy Baldwin took a break from Capitol Hill Monday, August 27, to focus on the latest research in microwave technology, microchannel devices and the chemical composition of diesel engine exhaust.
Baldwin's visit the UW-Madison College of Engineering brought her face to face with engineers from biomedical, mechanical and electrical and computer engineering.
www.engr.wisc.edu /news/headlines/2001/Sep03.html   (628 words)

  
 WisPolitics.com: Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Tammy Baldwin for Congress campaign today renounced the soft-money attacks on Baldwin's record that began airing on Madison TV stations today, and asked those stations to refuse to air spots that have no basis in truth.
Tammy Baldwin?s campaign receives the majority of her campaign contributions from individuals who reside in Wisconsin.
Tammy Baldwin's campaign has received 6,853 con1ributions from individual donors who reside in Wisconsin.
archive.wispolitics.com /freeser/pr/pr0011/pr00110108.html   (402 words)

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