Bill Cassidy

U.S. Senator · LA

Republican

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What should the federal government's overall approach to taxes and spending be?
Some evidence
Lower taxes modestly and trim some federal programs
Lower taxes, smaller governmentHigher taxes, expanded programs
Cosponsored Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act and Main Street Tax Certainty Act; sponsored targeted credits while voting for 2026 appropriations bills.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 13 votes · 49 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Aug 2026 — Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
Voted Yes · Jul 2026 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Voted Yes · Apr 2026 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.
Voted Yes · Mar 2026 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
Voted No · Mar 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Beginning of Construction Requirements for Purposes of the Termination of Clean Electricity Production Credits and Clean Electricity Investment Credits for Applicable Wind and Solar Facilities".
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Norma Ruth Criswell Carpenter & Clovis C. Criswell Grant Parish Restoration Act of 2026
Sponsored — Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
Sponsored — Red Tape Reduction Act of 2025
Sponsored — Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2025
Sponsored — Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2025
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How should Social Security and Medicare be changed, if at all?
Clear record
Keep current benefits and address shortfalls through modest adjustments
Reduce or restructure benefitsExpand benefits
Voted for Social Security Fairness Act; sponsored a resolution to preserve Social Security and bills expanding Medicare mental-health and disability coverage.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 3 votes · 23 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Nov 2025 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Voted Yes · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Voted Yes · Dec 2024 — Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026
Sponsored — A resolution affirming the importance of the Social Security program to the people of the United States and expressing the sense of the Senate that Social Security must be preserved, protected, and strengthened for current and future generations.
Sponsored — Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025
Sponsored — Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act
Sponsored — Claiming Age Clarity Act
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What should the federal government's role be in setting wages and protecting workers?
Clear record
Reduce federal labor regulation; let states and markets set wages and conditions
Less federal labor regulationStronger federal worker protections
Sponsored NLRB joint-employer and independent-contractor CRA disapprovals; cosponsored National Right-to-Work Act; voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 7 votes · 32 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Voted Yes · Apr 2024 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status".
Voted Yes · Jul 2023 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Voted No · Dec 2022 — Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.J. Res. 100.
Voted Yes · Dec 2022 — To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees.
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026
Sponsored — Union Members Right to Know Act
Sponsored — NLRB Stability Act
Sponsored — Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act
Sponsored — Federal Employee Return to Work Act
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How should the federal government structure healthcare coverage and costs?
Some evidence
Reform the ACA to lower costs and reduce regulation; preserve private insurance
Market-based, private insuranceSingle-payer government insurance
Voted against Lower Health Care Costs Act and ACA marketplace rule disapproval; supported HSA-based Health Care Freedom for Patients Act and Protect Medicaid Act.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 6 votes · 53 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jan 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability".
Voted Yes · Dec 2025 — Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025
Voted No · Dec 2025 — Lower Health Care Costs Act
Voted Yes · Nov 2025 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Voted No · Oct 2025 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Removing Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Limitations Act of 2026
Sponsored — Ensuring Access to Essential Providers Act of 2025
Sponsored — SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsored — Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2025
Sponsored — Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025
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How should the federal government address climate change and energy policy?
Clear record
Prioritize energy affordability and reliability; minimize climate-related restrictions on production
Prioritize energy production and affordabilityRapid transition off fossil fuels
Sponsored Offshore Energy Security Act mandating Gulf lease sales; voted to reopen ANWR and federal coal leasing and against EPA emissions rules.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 16 votes · 57 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jun 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Final Repeal".
Voted No · Apr 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Air Plan Disapproval; Colorado; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period".
Voted Yes · Apr 2026 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.
Voted No · Mar 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Beginning of Construction Requirements for Purposes of the Termination of Clean Electricity Production Credits and Clean Electricity Investment Credits for Applicable Wind and Solar Facilities".
Voted Yes · Jan 2026 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2025
Sponsored — Offshore Energy Security Act of 2025
Sponsored — Modernizing Clean Air Permitting Act of 2024
Sponsored — Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2023
Sponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy of the United States.
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What should federal abortion policy be?
Some evidence
Federal limit at 15 weeks with exceptions for life, health, rape, and incest
Federal restrictions on abortionFederal protection for abortion access
Cosponsored Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion; voted against Women's Health Protection and Right to IVF Acts.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 10 votes · 21 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Mar 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".
Voted Yes · Jan 2026 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
Voted Yes · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Voted Yes · Jan 2025 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Voted No · Sep 2024 — Right to IVF Act
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Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Cosponsored — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, Quality Family Planning Services".
Cosponsored — Woman’s Right To Know Act
Cosponsored — Conscience Protection Act of 2021
Cosponsored — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
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What should federal firearms policy be?
Clear record
Expand firearm rights nationally (concealed carry reciprocity, reduced federal restrictions)
Expand firearm rightsExpand firearm restrictions
Cosponsored Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act and Hearing Protection Act; voted yes nullifying the ATF stabilizing-brace rule.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 3 votes · 27 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Voted Yes · Jun 2023 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".
Voted Yes · Jun 2022 — Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act
Cosponsored — Pistol Brace Protection Act
Cosponsored — Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2026
Cosponsored — SHUSH Act
Cosponsored — Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
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What should US immigration policy be?
Clear record
Increase enforcement and tighten asylum standards; maintain current legal levels
Reduced immigration, stricter enforcementExpanded immigration, humane policy
Voted yes on Laken Riley Act and Secure America Act; cosponsored Immigration Parole Reform Act and Mandatory E-Verify Act.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 8 votes · 46 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jun 2026 — Secure America Act
Voted No · Apr 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to "Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents".
Voted Yes · Apr 2026 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.
Voted Yes · Mar 2026 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
Voted Yes · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Securing Accountability in Foreign Entries Act
Sponsored — Protect Medicaid Act
Sponsored — Nicaragua Political Prisoner Support Act
Sponsored — Make Border Security a Priority Act of 2022
Cosponsored — Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2025
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How should the federal government approach criminal justice and policing?
Clear record
Stronger sentencing, expanded law enforcement authority and funding
Stronger enforcement, expanded authorityDecarceration and federal reform
Sponsored HALT Fentanyl Act scheduling fentanyl; cosponsored Back the Blue Act and Qualified Immunity Act; voted to nullify DC criminal-code reforms.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 7 votes · 34 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Voted Yes · Mar 2025 — HALT Fentanyl Act
Voted Yes · Apr 2024 — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
Voted Yes · May 2023 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.
Voted Yes · Mar 2023 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — HALT Fentanyl Act
Sponsored — Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2024
Sponsored — A resolution urging the development of a strategy to counter the rise in violent crime across the United States.
Sponsored — BLUE Act
Cosponsored — Back the Blue Act of 2021
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What should drive US foreign policy?
Clear record
Active leadership of democratic alliances against authoritarian powers
Sponsored BREAK PUTIN Act and Russia sanctions; cosponsored Baltic Security Initiative and Standing Against Houthi Aggression; voted against restricting force in Iran.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 13 votes · 58 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jul 2026 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yes · Jul 2026 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — A resolution requesting information on Honduras's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Protection Against Foreign Adversarial Artificial Intelligence Act of 2025
Sponsored — Protecting Military Servicemembers Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025
Sponsored — Americas Act
Sponsored — De Minimis Reciprocity Act of 2023
Sponsored — Protecting Military Servicemembers' Data Act of 2023
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How should the federal government approach democratic institutions and elections?
Clear record
Strengthen election integrity through voter ID, citizenship verification, and signature checks
Cosponsored the SAVE Act and SAVE America Act requiring citizenship proof and photo ID; voted to advance federal voter photo-identification legislation, 2026.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 11 votes · 10 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Aug 2026 — A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.
Voted Yes · Mar 2026 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
Voted No · Sep 2022 — DISCLOSE Act of 2022
Voted Yes · Jan 2022 — Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
Voted No · Nov 2021 — John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
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Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — SAVE Act
Cosponsored — SAVE America Act
Cosponsored — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
Cosponsored — A bill to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.
Cosponsored — Protecting Ballot Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2025
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