Representative · Louisiana's 1st district

Steve Scalise

Steve Scalise is a Republican representative for Louisiana's 1st district, in Congress since 2008. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 16, and cast 462 of 466 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
May 7, 2008
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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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 CongressHouse of Representatives6752.4%16 of 675 · rank 169 of 43999%462 of 466 · rank 123 of 43931 became law17%1 of 6
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,22210.1%124 of 1,222 · rank 33 of 44298%760 of 776 · rank 197 of 442122 became law6%2 of 32
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9973.3%33 of 997 · rank 60 of 44399%545 of 551 · rank 148 of 44391 became law5%4 of 81

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 (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.56+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. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  2. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 210–216· Against party
  3. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 134–272· Against party
  4. H.R. 8772: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 11, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 128–289· Against party
  5. H.R. 8035: Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 311–112· Against party
  6. H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActNay
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
  7. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
  8. H.Res. 1102: Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment.Yea
    Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

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

24 sponsored · 4 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced938%
  2. Passed one chamber938%
  3. Passed both chambers28.3%
  4. Became law417%

Policy areas

  1. Congress10
  2. Energy3
  3. Science, Technology, Communications3
  4. Commerce2
  5. Taxation2
  6. Crime and Law Enforcement1
  7. Economics and Public Finance1
  8. Government Operations and Politics1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 4 Rescissions Act of 2025
    Became law· Economics and Public Finance· Jul 24, 2025
  2. H.Res. 3 Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Jan 3, 2025
  3. H.Res. 2 To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Jan 3, 2025
  4. H.R. 6843 To expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.
    Became law· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Dec 23, 2024
  5. H.R. 7423 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Benedette Street in Rayville, Louisiana, as the "Luke Letlow Post Office Building".
    Became law· Government Operations and Politics· Nov 25, 2024
  6. H.R. 8364 Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· May 10, 2024
  7. H.Con.Res. 93 Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
    Passed both chambers· Congress· Mar 7, 2024
  8. H.Res. 811 Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker.
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Oct 25, 2023

Committees

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

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Louisiana's 1st district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.1B
Per resident
$3,976
Rank in Louisiana
1 of 6
Contract actions
5,868
New awards: 3,753

By fiscal year

  1. 1.2BFY2017
  2. 1.1BFY2018
  3. 1.4BFY2019
  4. 1.7BFY2020
  5. 1.4BFY2021
  6. 1.1BFY2022
  7. 1.3BFY2023
  8. 1.2BFY2024
  9. 2.1BFY2025
  10. 3.1BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Coast Guard$2.1B70%
    Department of Homeland Security
  2. Department of Energy$362.2M12%
  3. Department of the Navy$224.3M7.3%
    Department of Defense
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$95.5M3.1%
    Department of Defense
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$69.6M2.3%
  6. Department of the Army$35.5M1.2%
    Department of Defense
  7. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement$33.8M1.1%
    Department of the Interior
  8. Agricultural Marketing Service$32.5M1.1%
    Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. BOLLINGER SHIPYARDS LOCKPORT, L.L.C.$2B66%
    4 awards
  2. STRATEGIC STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC.$409.6M13%
    1 award
  3. TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORP$125.1M4.1%
    6 awards
  4. HORNBECK OFFSHORE OPERATORS LLC$80.2M2.6%
    6 awards
  5. NOVA SPACE SOLUTIONS, LLC$63M2.1%
    5 awards
  6. CHAND, L.L.C.$36.9M1.2%
    1,179 awards
  7. COUVILLION GROUP LLC$32.8M1.1%
    1 award
  8. JGILS, LLC$28.9M0.9%
    1,520 awards
  9. BIRDON AMERICA INC$27.2M0.9%
    1 award
  10. PROMETHEAN OPERATING I LLC$27M0.9%
    4 awards
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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
$10.6M
through Jul 18, 2026
Cash on hand
$3.9M
From committees
$1.7M
315 committees
From contractor PACs
$505K
83 PACs · 29% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$15KMORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee$10KJOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family—
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$10KCHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee$10KABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$90M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$10KUNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)$10KGENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$29.3K
eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee$10KELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$286.4K
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$10KNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
merck & co., inc.merck & co., inc., employees political action committee (merck pac)$10KMERCK SHARP & DOHME LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$445.3K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$10.6M$1.7M$505K83 PACs · 29% of committee money
2024$14.7M$2M$550.2K91 PACs · 27% of committee money
2022$18.6M$1.6M$499.3K78 PACs · 31% 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. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · Louisiana's 1st districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · Louisiana's 1st districtMay 7, 2008 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
scalise.house.gov
Phone
202-225-3015
Office
266 Cannon House Office Building

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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.