Continue working across the aisle for bipartisan solutions and treating constituents and colleagues with respect.

Michael Baumgartner · Washington · Republican

rhetoric_only impact 0.30 specificity 0.35 extraction confidence 78%

Occurrences

I’m also going to keep doing something that’s gone out of style in Washington: working across the aisle for bipartisan solutions, and treating people — whether they voted for me or not, whether they agree with me or not— with respect.

Baumgartner promised to continue bipartisan work and respectful treatment of people regardless of political agreement.

Remarks by Congressman Michael Baumgartner
campaign · speech · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

Baumgartner said he introduced the House companion to the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act of 2026, praised the bipartisan Senate proposal from Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell, and said he looked forward to working with colleagues in both chambers to advance the measure.

Direct bipartisan legislative action in the current term; he is actively partnering across party lines on a bill he describes as bipartisan.

partial same_term A for effort

Baumgartner Introduces House Companion to Bipartisan Protect College Sports Act of 2026 - Michael Baumgartner
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

Baumgartner welcomed House passage of the FY 2027 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill, described it as bipartisan legislation, and noted the bill passed the House 400-15.

Shows support for a broad bipartisan funding bill during the lookback window, consistent with working across the aisle.

partial same_term A for effort

Baumgartner Hails Passage of the FY 2027 MilCon-VA Appropriations Bill - Michael Baumgartner
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 82%

Baumgartner's office says he introduced the bipartisan MATCH Act, with original cosponsors including Republicans and Democrats such as John Mannion, Jared Golden, Josh Riley, Maggie Goodlander, and Suhas Subramanyam, and with a Senate companion from Pete Ricketts and Andy Kim.

Shows concrete same-term bipartisan legislative work beyond the already-cited college sports and appropriations examples, supporting partial follow-through on working across the aisle.

partial same_term A for effort

Baumgartner Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Tighten Controls on Sensitive Chipmaking Equipment - Michael Baumgartner
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Baumgartner introduced the House companion to the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act of 2026 after Senate introduction by Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell, said he looked forward to working with colleagues in both chambers, and described college sports reform as a central priority.

Adds detail to the existing source: the action was not just rhetorical support, but introduction of House companion legislation tied to a stated ongoing priority and cross-chamber bipartisan work.

partial same_term A for effort

Baumgartner Introduces House Companion to Bipartisan Protect College Sports Act of 2026 - Michael Baumgartner
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

The evidence shows same-term bipartisan activity: Baumgartner supported a broadly bipartisan appropriations bill and introduced or advanced bipartisan House measures with Democratic and Republican cosponsors or Senate partners. That is concrete follow-through on working across the aisle. However, the promise is broad and partly rhetorical, especially the commitment to treating constituents and colleagues with respect, and the evidence does not establish a fully delivered, sustained standard across the term. Partial credit is appropriate.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

partial same_term A for effort

The claim is broad and ongoing, but the available evidence shows Baumgartner materially engaging in bipartisan work during his current federal term. He backed a House appropriations bill he described as bipartisan that passed 400-15, and he introduced a House companion to a bipartisan college sports bill while explicitly working with members of both parties and both chambers. That supports real follow-through on the 'working across the aisle' portion of the promise. However, the record provided is limited and does not fully establish the broader, continuing promise to consistently deliver bipartisan solutions or to assess the respect component across constituents and colleagues, so full delivery is too strong.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 84%