U.S. Representative — Washington's 5th District
Michael Baumgartner
Republican · Washington
Republican U.S. Representative for Washington's 5th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (23 on record)
- H.R.9834 — No Racketeers on our Shores Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9621 — Northwest Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 9, 2026)
- H.R.9602 — Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act (Reported, Jul 9, 2026)
- H.R.9419 — Power and Water for Families Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
- H.R.9137 — Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 4, 2026)
Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences to pool and sell certain college sports media rights. The requirements address… - H.R.8649 — Expanding the Defense Industrial Base Sales Act (Reported, May 4, 2026)
- H.R.8196 — Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 6, 2026)
- H.R.8170 — MATCH Act (Reported, Apr 2, 2026)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9701 — Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act. (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)
- H.R.7651 — Chloe Cole Act of 2026 (Reported, Jul 14, 2026)
- H.R.9340 — Ratepayer Protection Act (Reported, Jun 29, 2026)
- H.R.569 — Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jun 25, 2026)
- H.R.6856 — Peace Through Strength Against Russia Act of 2025 (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.R.8476 — No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026 (Reported, May 11, 2026)
- H.R.8697 — Guard the Skies Act (Introduced, May 7, 2026)
- H.R.6766 — Essential Caregivers Act of 2025 (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
Voting analysis
Michael Baumgartner's filed subjects contain a category almost nobody else on this site registers in quantity: sports and recreation, sitting second behind international affairs. The combination is unusual enough to be worth naming before anything else.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Michael Baumgartner's cluster into: International Affairs (7), Sports and Recreation (4), Education (3), Energy (1), Environmental Protection (1), Government Operations and Politics (1).
One departure
In his first term he has been recorded against the Republican position a single time, opposing an amendment the conference supported and which failed on the floor. There is nothing else to characterise, and a rate built from one vote should not be treated as a description of him.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 151 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
Among the Washington Republicans
Washington sends only a small Republican group to the House, so this comparison rests on very few members, and Baumgartner sits below its average.
Among the 2 Republicans in the Washington delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 1.8%. Michael Baumgartner is below that average at 0.5%.
The filings
A measure against organised crime figures entering the country, technical amendments updating outdated statutory cross-references in the title covering Indian affairs, expansion of defence industrial base sales, prevention of predation on endangered Northwest salmon, and a transparency bill on foreign gifts. The salmon measure and the statutory clean-up are both regionally specific in a way the rest are not.
Of the 23 most recent of those, 17 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
This is a first term, so every figure here covers a partial Congress. He misses a small share of roll calls.
First elected in 2025, now serving across 1 terms. Michael Baumgartner falls in the freshman cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Michael Baumgartner has 24 bills sponsored, 182 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Education and Workforce
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House Committee on Education and Workforce: Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- House Committee on Education and Workforce: Higher Education and Workforce Development
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Middle East and North Africa
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs: South and Central Asia
- House Committee on the Judiciary: Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
- House Committee on the Judiciary: The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
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