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U.S. Senator from Louisiana · Class II

Bill Cassidy

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

98LoyaltyMed 100
95AttendMed 98
10BipartMed 9
17BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2015–now
House 2009–2015
17 years in CongressMore senior than 63% of the Senate
Committees
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair
  • Veterans' Affairs 3rd majority
  • Finance 6th majority
Age
69

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date506122534491517
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—95243569167

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 17% 4%
Health 12% 19%
Taxation 6% 14%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Social Welfare; bills go to Health and Taxation.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Health Care Coverage (Health), Cost of Living (Taxation).
  • 122 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeFull committee
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee3rd majority
MemberFinance Committee6th majority
MemberEnergy and Natural Resources Committee8th majority

Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, more senior than 63% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 17 years in Congress: more senior than 63% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

27% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Cassidy.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

27% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Ernst and Husted.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 106 · expected 50
Action in committee 12 · expected 8
Beyond committee 10 · expected 6.5
Passed Senate 5 · expected 1
Became law 1 · expected 1
EffectivenessRank 11 of 100 in the Senate

1.97expected 1.11 · average member 1.00

5 of 106 bills passed the Senate; 1 became law; effectiveness 1.97 against a peer median of 1.11.

  • On the move: S. 4689 (out of committee), S. 3010 (out of committee), S. 4965 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.46
Immigration7 of 34
International Affairs5 of 30

With his party on the other 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 17 times (peer median 4), most on Immigration.

  • Position: +0.46, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Immigration 7 of 34, International Affairs 5 of 30, Economics and Public Finance 3 of 172.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Cassidy$6.7M raised31%26%42%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

33% of what he raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$6.7M raised, 26% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2020): won by 40.3 points.

124 PACs of the 309 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Health and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. Young Victory Committee0% D
  2. Lumexa Imaging0% D
  3. American Trucking Associations34% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

149 bills

Cassidy voted Yea on 15, Nay on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 132 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.