RepublicanBill Cassidy
U.S. Senator · Louisiana
U.S. Senator from Louisiana
12 tracked promises, 7 rated
Louisiana
Represents Louisiana statewide
How they won their seat
"Bill" Cassidy won the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Louisiana with 59.3% of the vote (1,228,908 votes).
- "Bill" Cassidy · Republican59.3%1,228,908
- Adrian Perkins · Democrat19%394,049
- Derrick "Champ" Edwards · Democrat11.1%229,814
- Antoine Pierce · Democrat2.7%55,710
- Dustin Murphy · Republican1.9%38,383
- David Drew Knight · Democrat1.8%36,962
- 9 Other Candidates4.2%87,717
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Bill Cassidy's record includes multiple bills related to veterans' services, healthcare, and disaster recovery. He has sponsored multiple bills related to veterans, such as S 5014 and S 4131, and has been active in healthcare legislation, including S 4963 and efforts to lower drug prices. Additionally, he has supported federal resources for Louisiana families and the reform of the National Flood Insurance Program. Focus areas (from the record): Veterans Affairs · Healthcare · Disaster Recovery · Education · Trade/Agriculture Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Cassidy's sponsored bills and committee memberships align with his declared positions on veterans' services, healthcare, and disaster recovery. For example, his work on the Veteran Access to Neurosurgery Act and the College Transparency Act aligns with these areas. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills or their impact on constituents; There is no information on the politician's statements or public comments that could provide additional context; The record does not indicate the extent of bipartisan support or opposition for the sponsored legislation. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Bill Cassidy has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2015. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Bill Cassidy has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 26
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$55K3%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.0M57%
- PAC / committee$714K40%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — EnergyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — National ParksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and PowerOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on FinanceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Fiscal Responsibility and Economic GrowthOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Health CareOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American FamilyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Employment and Workplace SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+76 · based on 7 rated promises
- Partial 1
- Championed 5
- Fully Kept 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2015 · 7 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept7
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
12 promises across 12 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Abortion1
- Border Security / Immigration1
- Constitutional Rights1
- Disaster Recovery1
- Education1
- Flood Insurance / Disaster1
- Health / Vaccines1
- Health Care / Drug Prices1
- National Debt / Fiscal Policy1
- Retirement / Rail Workers1
- Social Security1
- Trade / Agriculture1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)12100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
12 tracked promises
“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.”
“Committed that, 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.”
“Introduced the Fiscal Commission Act to establish a bipartisan commission charged with addressing the national debt.”
“Committed to lead the effort in Congress to lower prescription drug prices and create competition.”
“Committed to introduce the Home Market Restoration Act of 2026, which would establish tariff-rate quotas to protect Louisiana seafood, rice, and other U.S. producers from foreign import surges.”
“Committed to work to stop the flow of drugs across the U.S. southern border and to secure that border.”
“Committed to oppose any legislation that would expand the practice of abortion or use federal tax dollars to fund it.”
“Committed to secure federal resources for Louisiana families to rebuild and recover after disasters.”
“Introduced the College Transparency Act to give students and families data on likelihood of graduating, getting a job, and borrowing before choosing a college.”
“Committed to reform the National Flood Insurance Program through bipartisan legislation to make the program affordable, accountable, and sustainable.”
“Co-introduced legislation to modernize the Railroad Retirement Board so rail workers and their families can access earned retirement and unemployment benefits in a timely manner.”
“Committed to always vote to defend Americans' constitutional rights.”
Verified record
509 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $627,040, spent $2,660,514, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 5013: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to use amounts under the Veteran-Directed Care program to provide care to veterans with acquired brain injury, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 5014: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4963: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program. ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4959: A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require that States pay child care providers on the basis of attendance, to allow States to pay the providers through reimbursement, and to establish requirements relating to error reports, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4965: A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to establish a Railroad Retirement Board Administrative Account, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4945: Home Market Restoration Act of 2026 ↗Jul 13, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 783: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 11, 2026, as "Anti-Illicit Trade Awareness Day". ↗Jun 22, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 757: A resolution designating June 11, 2026, as "National Seersucker Day", designating every subsequent Thursday through the last Thursday in August 2026 as "Seersucker Thursday", and designating June 2026 as "Seersucker Appreciation Month". ↗Jun 8, 2026
- Sponsored S 4689: READ Act ↗Jun 4, 2026
- Sponsored S 4678: SIMS Act ↗Jun 3, 2026
- Sponsored S 4584: Norma Ruth Criswell Carpenter & Clovis C. Criswell Grant Parish Restoration Act of 2026 ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4435: Improving Financial Aid Offers for Students Act ↗Apr 29, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 509 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 613
- Nay
- 198
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 47
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Nay
- PN8518Yea
- PN9304Yea
- PN9304Yea
- S4784Yea
- PN9382Yea
- PN9303Yea
- SJRES185Nay
- PN9382Yea
- SJRES196Nay
- PN9303Not voting
- PN9302Not voting
- PN9302Yea
- PN9307Yea
- PN9307Yea
- HCONRES86Yea
- PN8593Yea
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Yea
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
12 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Constitutional RightsStated position
Committed to always vote to defend Americans' constitutional rights.
Sourceshttps://www.billcassidy.com/issuesView position & sources → - Border Security / ImmigrationStated position
Committed to work to stop the flow of drugs across the U.S. southern border and to secure that border.
Sourceshttps://www.billcassidy.com/issuesView position & sources → - AbortionStated position
Committed to oppose any legislation that would expand the practice of abortion or use federal tax dollars to fund it.
Sourceshttps://www.billcassidy.com/issuesView position & sources → - Disaster RecoveryStated position
Committed to secure federal resources for Louisiana families to rebuild and recover after disasters.
Sourceshttps://www.billcassidy.com/issuesView position & sources → - EducationStated position
Introduced the College Transparency Act to give students and families data on likelihood of graduating, getting a job, and borrowing before choosing a college.
Sourceshttps://www.billcassidy.com/issuesView position & sources → - Flood Insurance / DisasterStated position
Committed to reform the National Flood Insurance Program through bipartisan legislation to make the program affordable, accountable, and sustainable.
Sourceshttps://www.billcassidy.com/issuesView position & sources → - Health Care / Drug PricesStated position
Committed to lead the effort in Congress to lower prescription drug prices and create competition.
Sourceshttps://www.billcassidy.com/issuesView position & sources → - Retirement / Rail WorkersStated position
Co-introduced legislation to modernize the Railroad Retirement Board so rail workers and their families can access earned retirement and unemployment benefits in a timely manner.
Sourceshttps://www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom/press/chairman-cassidy-sanders-banks-kaine-introduce-legislation-to-strengthen-railroad-retirement-board-deliver-benefits-to-workers-and-familiesView position & sources → - Trade / AgricultureStated position
Committed to introduce the Home Market Restoration Act of 2026, which would establish tariff-rate quotas to protect Louisiana seafood, rice, and other U.S. producers from foreign import surges.
Sourceshttps://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-to-introduce-bill-to-protect-louisiana-seafood-rice-producers-from-unfair-imports/View position & sources → - National Debt / Fiscal PolicyStated position
Introduced the Fiscal Commission Act to establish a bipartisan commission charged with addressing the national debt.
Sourceshttps://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-introduces-bill-to-address-americas-debt/View position & sources → - Social SecurityStated position
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.
Sourceshttps://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-cassidy-outlines-plan-to-save-social-security-in-op-ed/View position & sources → - Health / VaccinesStated position
Committed that, 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.
Sourceshttps://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-delivers-floor-speech-in-support-of-rfk-jr-to-be-hhs-secretary/View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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