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Bill Cassidy

U.S. Senator (Class 2), LA

Republican Louisiana since Jan 3, 2021

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), LA current
Louisiana
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Louisiana
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), LA
Louisiana
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District LA-6
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, LA-6
Louisiana
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, LA-6
Louisiana
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District LA-6
United States
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, LA-6
Louisiana
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District LA-6
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.462, social dim. -0.052. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Tulsi Gabbard Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider Re: Vought Nomination Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget Yea Feb 6, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget Yea Feb 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Turner, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Feb 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Feb 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General Yea Feb 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Yea Feb 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Pamela Bondi to be Attorney General Yea Feb 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy Yea Feb 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Russell Vought Yea Feb 3, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Yea Jan 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Wright to be Secretary of Energy Yea Jan 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Burgum, of N.D., to be Secretary of the Interior Yea Jan 30, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior Yea Jan 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lee Zeldin, of N.Y., to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jan 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lee Zeldin to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jan 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 23 — Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act Yea Jan 28, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Duffy, of WI, to be Secretary of Transportation Yea Jan 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean Duffy to be Secretary of Transportation Yea Jan 27, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Bessent, of S.C., to be Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jan 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jan 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Jan 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kristi Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Jan 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,020 recorded contributions totalling $5,179,753. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 832 of 1020 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 168 $2,348,681 45%
Big donor 644 $2,249,289 43%
Super PAC 20 $44,780 1%
Unclassified 188 $537,003 10%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$203,881 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$172,574 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$103,139 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$101,177 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$95,474 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$78,471 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$71,062 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$60,538 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$59,426 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$55,884 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$50,153 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$31,877 WINRED BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$30,531 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$28,763 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$28,599 CASSIDY LEADERSHIP FUND BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (4 as lead sponsor)

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