RepublicanSteve Scalise
U.S. Representative · Louisiana
Louisiana's 1st district
U.S. Representative from Louisiana
5 tracked promises, 4 rated
Running against
How they won their seat
Steve Scalise won the 2024 U.S. House election in Louisiana (District 1) with 66.8% of the vote (238,842 votes).
- Steve Scalise · Republican66.8%238,842
- Mel Manuel · Democrat24%85,911
- Randall Arrington · Republican5%17,856
- Ross Shales · Republican2.3%8,330
- \"J. \\"\"Frankie\\"\" Hyers\" · No Party1.9%6,781
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
Steve Scalise's record shows a concentration on legislative activities related to energy policy, including the sponsorship of bills like the 'Lower Energy Costs Act' and the 'American Energy First Act'. Additionally, he has sponsored several resolutions related to congressional procedures and local designations, indicating involvement in both national and local matters. Focus areas (from the record): Energy Policy · Congressional Procedures · Local Designations · Manufacturing · Television Regulation Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The lack of declared positions or tracked promises limits the ability to assess alignment with Scalise's legislative activities. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal Scalise's actions behind the sponsored bills; There is no information on his effectiveness in passing legislation beyond the few bills that became law; The lack of declared positions limits the ability to understand his priorities and commitments. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Steve Scalise 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 2012. 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 Steve Scalise 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
- 1
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)$4K0%
- Large individual (itemized)$743K29%
- PAC / committee$1.8M71%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+70 · based on 4 rated promises
- Partial 1
- Championed 3
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 2019 · 4 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.
- Kept4
- 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
5 promises across 4 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.
- Energy2
- Government Spending1
- Immigration1
- Taxes1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)5100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
5 tracked promises
“Make the 2017 Trump tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) permanent and prevent their scheduled expiration by passing a single budget-reconciliation bill (the 'One Big Beautiful Bill').”
“Reverse the Biden administration's pause on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals and unlock/expand U.S. LNG exports, including through the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R.1).”
“Increase Louisiana's (and Gulf states') share of federal offshore energy revenue by lifting the offshore revenue-sharing cap through his Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R.1).”
“Pass the Secure the Border Act (H.R.2) to resume construction of the southern border wall and reinstate the 'Remain in Mexico' policy.”
“Bring all 12 individual appropriations bills to the House floor and fund the government through a member-driven, single-subject 'regular order' process rather than an omnibus.”
Verified record
90 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 $9,320,529, spent $7,775,035, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 4: Rescissions Act of 2025 ↗Jun 6, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 2: To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 3: Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress. ↗Jan 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 8364: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act ↗May 10, 2024
- Sponsored HCONRES 93: Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President. ↗Mar 5, 2024
- Sponsored HR 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". ↗Feb 20, 2024
- Sponsored HR 6843: To expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. ↗Dec 15, 2023
- Sponsored HRES 811: Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker. ↗Oct 25, 2023
- Sponsored HRES 810: To inform the Senate of the election of the Speaker. ↗Oct 25, 2023
- Sponsored HR 1: Lower Energy Costs Act ↗Mar 14, 2023
- Sponsored HRES 80: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. ↗Jan 31, 2023
- Sponsored HCONRES 11: Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President. ↗Jan 31, 2023
Showing the 12 most recent of 90 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 461
- Nay
- 132
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 16
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Nay
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR1181Nay
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Nay
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
4 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.
- TaxesStated position
Make the 2017 Trump tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) permanent and prevent their scheduled expiration by passing a single budget-reconciliation bill (the 'One Big Beautiful Bill').
Sourceshttps://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/Scalise:-House-Will-Pass-One,-Big-Beautiful-Bill-Next-Weekhttps://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/Scalise:-House-Republicans-Will-Unify-Behind-One-Reconciliation-Billhttps://thehill.com/homenews/house/5022789-house-schedule-2025-scalise/View position & sources → - EnergyStated position
Increase Louisiana's (and Gulf states') share of federal offshore energy revenue by lifting the offshore revenue-sharing cap through his Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R.1).
Sourceshttps://www.nola.com/opinions/steve-scalise-bidens-lng-action-will-kill-louisiana-jobs/article_00f9763c-ccf5-11ee-b33f-833897acbe43.htmlhttps://scalise.house.gov/issues/energyhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1/textView position & sources → - Government SpendingStated position
Bring all 12 individual appropriations bills to the House floor and fund the government through a member-driven, single-subject 'regular order' process rather than an omnibus.
Sourceshttps://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/Scalise-Previews-Appropriations-Billshttps://www.notus.org/congress/house-asserts-control-passing-bipartisan-spending-billsView position & sources → - ImmigrationStated position
Pass the Secure the Border Act (H.R.2) to resume construction of the southern border wall and reinstate the 'Remain in Mexico' policy.
Sourceshttps://www.majorityleader.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1746https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/House-GOP-Leadership's-Statement-on-the-Introduction-of-the-Secure-the-Border-Acthttps://www.cbo.gov/publication/59151View 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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