Bauman was a prominent conservative advocate in the House before being arrested for soliciting sex from a 16 year old boy.

Following his departure from Congress, Bauman served as legal counsel for The Sovereign Society, and authored a series of financial books.

[5] A Roman Catholic, he was married to Carol Dawson, a co-founder of Young Americans for Freedom,[2] with whom he had four children.

[6] Bauman was also known for his exceptional knowledge of parliamentary procedure and was considered a rising star in the Republican Party in the late 1970s.

[8] In 1982, Bauman again ran for the nomination for the House seat he had lost, but withdrew from the race before primary election day.

[5] Bauman was co-founder and legal counsel for the Sovereign Society, a group dedicated to promoting offshore banking and investment, that funneled clients to the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca to help them avoid paying taxes to the United States government.