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https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-votes-to-build-new-physical-barriers-on-the-southern-border/ | https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-introduces-bill-to-help-secure-border-with-new-technology/","latestAssessment":"CHAMPIONED","assessmentConfidence":"84%","resolvedConfidence":0.84,"weight":2.52,"assessments":[{"id":"cmrsay42701ch1w5vj1r5tfup","status":"CHAMPIONED","method":"FACT_CHECKER","confidence":0.84,"createdAt":"2026-07-19T21:22:53.839Z"}],"createdAt":"2026-07-17T23:21:11.488Z"},{"id":"cmrpkahz900ti2psh0am21skd","text":"Committed to oppose any legislation that would expand the practice of abortion or use federal tax dollars to fund it.","topic":"Abortion","status":"FULL","significance":3,"sources":"https://www.billcassidy.com/issues | 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https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-announces-480-million-for-louisiana-disaster-recovery-and-emergency-preparedness/ | https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-louisiana-delegation-urge-biden-to-expedite-3-billion-in-disaster-relief/","latestAssessment":"CHAMPIONED","assessmentConfidence":"85%","resolvedConfidence":0.85,"weight":2.55,"assessments":[{"id":"cmrsay0sd01b71w5vljpok15y","status":"CHAMPIONED","method":"FACT_CHECKER","confidence":0.85,"createdAt":"2026-07-19T21:22:49.597Z"}],"createdAt":"2026-07-17T23:21:08.036Z"},{"id":"cmrpkafd600su2psh6ogf7j4u","text":"Introduced the College Transparency Act to give students and families data on likelihood of graduating, getting a job, and borrowing before choosing a college.","topic":"Education","status":"CHAMPIONED","significance":3,"sources":"https://www.billcassidy.com/issues | 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if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were confirmed as HHS Secretary, he would use his authority as Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee to rebuff any attempt to remove the public's access to vaccines absent ironclad, causational scientific evidence.","topic":"Health / Vaccines","status":"NOT_YET_RATED","significance":5,"sources":"https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-delivers-floor-speech-in-support-of-rfk-jr-to-be-hhs-secretary/","latestAssessment":"","assessmentConfidence":"","resolvedConfidence":0,"weight":0,"assessments":[],"createdAt":"2026-07-17T23:20:59.088Z"},{"id":"cmrpka8qd00qu2pshv373gg6q","text":"Proposed creating a new government investment fund, running in parallel to (not replacing) the Social Security trust fund, seeded with an estimated $1.5 trillion up-front investment and given 75 years to grow, to keep Social Security solvent — while committing that current beneficiaries and people nearing retirement would see no change to their benefits. Bipartisan plan co-authored with Sen. Tim Kaine.","topic":"Social Security","status":"NOT_YET_RATED","significance":5,"sources":"https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-cassidy-outlines-plan-to-save-social-security-in-op-ed/","latestAssessment":"","assessmentConfidence":"","resolvedConfidence":0,"weight":0,"assessments":[],"createdAt":"2026-07-17T23:20:57.782Z"}]}