Senator · Louisiana

Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy is a Republican senator from Louisiana, in Congress since 2009. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 50, and cast 781 of 798 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9155.5%50 of 915 · rank 17 of 10198%781 of 798 · rank 62 of 1011221 became law29%100 of 344
118th CongressSenate6916.2%43 of 691 · rank 24 of 10187%440 of 507 · rank 89 of 101950 became law42%182 of 435
117th CongressSenate9492.8%27 of 949 · rank 44 of 10086%644 of 745 · rank 85 of 100641 became law45%155 of 348

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.46+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  2. Jun 23, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Agreed to 50–48· Against party
  3. Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–50· Against party
  4. Mar 14, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 27–73· Against party
  5. Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62· Against party
  6. Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  7. Feb 13, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 70–29· Against party
  8. Feb 12, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 66–33· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6· Against party
  10. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  12. Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

281 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced24186%
  2. Reported by committee82.8%
  3. Passed one chamber2910%
  4. Became law20.7%
  5. Failed10.4%

Policy areas

  1. Health56
  2. Taxation36
  3. Education27
  4. Labor and Employment23
  5. Foreign Trade and International Finance20
  6. Armed Forces and National Security17
  7. Commerce13
  8. Government Operations and Politics12

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$7M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$4.8M
From committees
$1.3M
421 committees
From contractor PACs
$276.1K
95 PACs · 21% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
datavantdatavant pac$10.5KDATAVANT INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$10KCHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$10KHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
healthequity, inc.healthequity, inc. purple political action committee (healthequity purple political action committee)$10KHEALTHEQUITY, INC.AI match · 97% · the same organization$26.9M
hdr, inc.hdr, inc. employee owners pac$7,500HDR, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization—
fresenius medical care holdings, inc.fresenius medical care holdings, inc. political action committee$7,500FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS INCAI match · 95% · the same organization$268.7M
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee$7,000LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$13.3B
glaxosmithkline llcglaxosmithkline llc pac (gsk pac)$6,500GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLCAI match · 99% · the same organization$39.8M
quest diagnostics incorporatedquest diagnostics incorporated political action committee$6,000QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATEDAI match · 100% · the same organization$67.1M
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee$5,000AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization$78.5K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$7M$1.3M$276.1K95 PACs · 21% of committee money
2024$4.1M$1.1M$229.9K82 PACs · 21% of committee money
2022$2.5M$451.7K$127.9K52 PACs · 28% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · LouisianaJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. Senate · LouisianaJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. House · Louisiana's 6th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  4. House · Louisiana's 6th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  5. House · Louisiana's 6th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
455 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.