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Tammy Baldwin

3 press releases on AI$1K from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

Same bill, both records

Bills this member both voted on and cited in a release. Shown side by side; no score is drawn from them (why).

Ratepayer Protection Act
NAY
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed

cloture · Sep 30, 2026 · Rejected 57-43

toward oversightSep 30, 2026

Baldwin voted against a bill she called too weak, pushing instead for a mandatory requirement that AI data centers pay their own energy costs rather than passing them to ratepayers.

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What they said

toward oversightSep 30, 2026

Baldwin voted against a bill she called too weak, pushing instead for a mandatory requirement that AI data centers pay their own energy costs rather than passing them to ratepayers.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) voted against legislation that fails to protect Wisconsin ratepayers and does nothing to ensure that data centers pay for their own energy c…”

toward oversightSep 21, 2026

Baldwin criticizes Republicans for inaction and calls for an independent regulator to test and restrict frontier AI models before deployment.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement as Washington Republicans are refusing to act to protect Americans from Artificial Intelligence (AI) before…”

toward oversightSep 17, 2026

Baldwin and Scott call for an FTC investigation into Amazon's and Walmart's AI shopping chatbots for hiding Made in USA products.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Rick Scott (R-FL) are calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Amazon and Walmart for hiding Made in America produc…”

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How they voted

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$1K

From employees and investors, personally

$0

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
May 5, 2025Linnea SmithAMAZON MEDICAL PROJECT INC.$500↗
Dec 31, 2025Linnea SmithAMAZON MEDICAL PROJECT INC.$250↗
Mar 25, 2026Linnea SmithAMAZON MEDICAL PROJECT INC.$200↗
Aug 31, 2025Donald WillitsMICROSOFT$25↗
Jul 31, 2025Donald WillitsMICROSOFT$25↗
Oct 8, 2025Kristopher GiesingALPHABET INC$10↗
Sep 8, 2025Kristopher GiesingALPHABET INC$10↗
Aug 8, 2025Kristopher GiesingALPHABET INC$10↗
Jul 8, 2025Kristopher GiesingALPHABET INC$10↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.