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{{Short description|American physician and politician (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Bill Cassidy
| image               = Bill Cassidy official Senate photo.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2015
| office              = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee]]
| term_start          = January 3, 2025
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Bernie Sanders]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = Ranking Member of the [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee]]
| term_start1         = January 3, 2023
| term_end1           = January 3, 2025
| predecessor1        = [[Richard Burr]]
| successor1          = [[Bernie Sanders]]
| jr/sr2              = United States Senator
| state2              = [[Louisiana]]
| alongside2          = [[John Kennedy (Louisiana politician)|John Kennedy]]
| term_start2         = January 3, 2015
| term_end2           = 
| predecessor2        = [[Mary Landrieu]]
| successor2          = 
| state3              = [[Louisiana]]
| district3           = {{ushr|LA|6|6th}}
| term_start3         = January 3, 2009
| term_end3           = January 3, 2015
| predecessor3        = [[Don Cazayoux]]
| successor3          = [[Garret Graves]]
| state_senate4       = Louisiana
| district4           = 16th
| term_start4         = December 20, 2006
| term_end4           = January 3, 2009
| predecessor4        = [[Jay Dardenne]]
| successor4          = [[Dan Claitor]]
| birth_name          = William Morgan Cassidy
| birth_date          = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1957|9|28}}}}
| birth_place         = [[Highland Park, Illinois]], U.S.
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| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| otherparty          = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (formerly)
| spouse              = {{marriage|Laura Layden|September 29, 1989}}
| children            = 3
| education           = [[Louisiana State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
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'''William Morgan Cassidy''' (born September 28, 1957) is an American physician and politician serving as the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior]] United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://health.usnews.com/doctors/william-cassidy-861266|title= Dr. William M. Cassidy, Gastroenterologist in Baton Rouge, LA | website=US News }}</ref> A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he served in the [[Louisiana State Senate]] from 2006 to 2009 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015. Cassidy chairs the Senate [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Committee Assignments of the 119th Congress |url=https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> 

Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Cassidy is a graduate of Louisiana State University (LSU) and LSU School of Medicine. A [[Gastroenterology|gastroenterologist]], he was elected to the Louisiana State Senate from the 16th district which included parts of Baton Rouge, in 2006. In 2008, he was elected as the U.S. representative for [[Louisiana's 6th congressional district]], defeating Democratic incumbent [[Don Cazayoux]]. Cassidy was elected to the Senate in [[2014 United States Senate election in Louisiana|2014]], defeating Democratic incumbent [[Mary Landrieu]]. He was reelected in [[2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana|2020]].

A [[Moderate Republican (modern United States)|moderate Republican]],<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> Cassidy is an outspoken critic of President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-20 |title=GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy says Trump should drop out of the 2024 presidential race |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/gop-senator-says-trump-drop-2024-presidential-race-rcna100878 |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vakil |first=Caroline |date=November 10, 2024 |title=Trump's GOP skeptics in Congress face lonely path forward |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4981775-trump-republican-critics-congress/ |website=The Hill}}</ref> In 2021, he was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump of [[Sedition|incitement of insurrection]] in his [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|second impeachment trial]]. As a result, the Republican Party of Louisiana [[censure]]d him.<ref name="cnn021321" /> In 2023, after Trump was indicted for [[FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents|mishandling classified documents]], Cassidy called for Trump to drop out of the 2024 presidential election.<ref name=":2" /> After Trump secured the Republican nomination, Cassidy declined to endorse him in the general election.<ref name=":3" /> 

==Early life and education==
William Morgan Cassidy was born in Highland Park, Illinois, one of four sons of Elizabeth and James F. Cassidy, and is of [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Welsh people|Welsh]] descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/cassidy.htm|title=bill cassidy|publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=2014-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417130552/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/cassidy.htm|archive-date=April 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as an infant, and received a Bachelor of Science from [[Louisiana State University]] in 1979 and a [[Doctor of Medicine]] from LSU School of Medicine in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=CASSIDY, Bill profile at|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c001075|work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=March 28, 2014}}</ref>

== Early career ==

=== Medicine ===
Cassidy specialized in the treatment of diseases of the liver at the [[Earl K. Long Medical Center]] (LSUMC).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Murphy|first1=Paul|date=December 5, 2014|title=Bill Cassidy's employment at LSU scrutinized|publisher=WWL|url=http://legacy.wwltv.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/05/bill-cassidys-employment-at-lsu-scrutinized/19977259/|url-status=dead|access-date=6 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417065619/http://legacy.wwltv.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/05/bill-cassidys-employment-at-lsu-scrutinized/19977259/|archive-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref>

In 1998, Cassidy helped found the Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic to provide uninsured residents of the greater Baton Rouge area with access to free health care. The Clinic provides low-income families with free dental, medical, mental health, and vision care through a "virtual" approach that partners needy patients with doctors who provide care free of charge.<ref>Anderson, Laurie Smith. "Program offers health care for adults without insurance." ''[[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)|Baton Rouge Morning Advocate]]'', May 24, 2002, Metro Edition, p. 1C.</ref>

Cassidy has also been involved in setting up the nonprofit Health Centers in Schools, which vaccinates children in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System against [[hepatitis B]] and flu.<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressman Cassidy Celebrates $500,000 Federal Grant With Ribbon Cutting at Westdale Middle School's Health Center|work=East Baton Rouge Parish School System|date=October 26, 2012|url=http://news.ebrschools.org/explore.cfm/ebrpssnews/wmshccribboncutting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118063617/http://news.ebrschools.org/explore.cfm/ebrpssnews/wmshccribboncutting|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2013|access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Viral Hepatitis – The Secret Epidemic|work=US Government Printing Office|date=June 17, 2010|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg62946/html/CHRG-111hhrg62946.htm|access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref>

In the wake of [[Hurricane Katrina]], Cassidy led a group of health care volunteers to convert an abandoned [[Kmart]] into an emergency health care facility, providing basic health care to hurricane victims.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ruggeri|first=Amanda|date=November 4, 2008|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/11/04/democratic-trends-dont-help-incumbent-in-unusual-three-way-house-race-in-Louisiana|title=Democratic Trends Don't Help Incumbent in Unusual Three-Way House Race in Louisiana|work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref>

In 2010, Cassidy's alma mater, Louisiana State University, selected him for ''honoris causa'' membership in [[Omicron Delta Kappa]], the National Leadership Honor Society.

===Politics===
Cassidy was first elected to the [[Louisiana State Senate]] in 2006 as a Republican. He had previously been a Democrat, supporting [[Michael Dukakis]] for president [[1988 United States presidential election|in 1988]], donating to Senator [[Paul Tsongas]]'s [[1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1992 presidential campaign]],<ref name="triestounite">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/bill-cassidy-unite-louisiana-conservatives-99284.html|title=Bill Cassidy tries to unite Louisiana conservatives|author=Gibson, Ginger|work=Politico|date=November 3, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="donatedtohis">{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/7105510-125/cassidy-once-donated-to-his|title=Cassidy once donated to his rival|work=The Advocate|date=September 20, 2013|access-date=2014-05-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531165114/http://theadvocate.com/home/7105510-125/cassidy-once-donated-to-his|archive-date=May 31, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and to Louisiana Democrats Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]] in 2003 and 2004 and Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] in 2002. In 2013, Cassidy called his donation to Landrieu a "youthful indiscretion", saying that she "got elected and fell into partisan politics... Louisiana hasn't left Mary, Mary has left us." Since 2001, he has mostly contributed to Republican candidates, including Senator [[David Vitter]]. According to Cassidy, he switched parties after the extinction of conservative Democrats and because of his frustration with the bureaucracy and inefficiency of the public hospital system.<ref name="donatedtohis" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/182976-cassidy-donated-to-landrieus-first-reelection/|title=Cassidy donated to Landrieu's first reelection|author=Joseph, Cameron|work=The Hill|date=2013-09-19|access-date=2014-05-31}}</ref>

On December 9, 2006, Cassidy won a [[By-election|special election]] for the District 16 seat in the Louisiana Senate. In his first bid for public office, he defeated veteran [[Louisiana State Legislature|State Representative]] and fellow Republican William Daniel, and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] candidate S.B. Zaitoon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Louisiana State Senate > Senators|url=http://senate.legis.state.la.us/Senators/Archives/ElectionResults/2006/12-09-2006.htm|access-date=2020-10-22|website=senate.legis.state.la.us}}</ref> The election was held to replace [[Jay Dardenne]], who vacated the seat he had held since 1992 upon his election as Louisiana Secretary of State.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bridges |first1=Tyler |title=State budget czar Jay Dardenne will end 35-year political career in January |url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jay-dardenne-retires-after-many-roles-in-louisiana-politics/article_87d6f838-a03f-11ee-8aa2-5f92bf1df682.html |access-date=15 June 2025 |work=NOLA.com |date=22 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Cassidy was sworn in on December 20, 2006. On October 20, 2007, he was reelected to a full four-year term in the Louisiana State Senate. Cassidy received 76% of the vote against Republican Troy "Rocco" Moreau (15%) and Libertarian Richard Fontanesi (9%).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Louisiana State Senate elections, 2007|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Louisiana_State_Senate_elections,_2007|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==
===Elections===
On November 4, 2008, Cassidy was elected to serve [[Louisiana's 6th congressional district|Louisiana's 6th district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman [[Don Cazayoux]] with 48% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=Louisiana|url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/louisiana.html|website=2008 Election Results|publisher=New York Times|access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> He likely owed his victory to the independent candidacy of state representative Michael L. Jackson. Jackson finished third with 36,100 votes, more than the 25,000-vote margin separating Cassidy and Cazayoux.

In the 2010 midterm elections, Cassidy easily won a second term, defeating Democrat Merritt E. McDonald of Baton Rouge with 66% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=Louisiana 6th District Profile|url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/louisiana/6|website=Election 2010|publisher=New York Times|access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> In the 2012 election, Cassidy was reelected again defeating Rufus Holt Craig, Jr., a Libertarian, and Richard Torregano, an Independent. Cassidy received 79% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chatelain|first1=Kim|title=U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy cruises to re-election|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/us_rep_bill_cassidy_cruises_to.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515214038/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/us_rep_bill_cassidy_cruises_to.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2014|publisher=The Times-Picayune|date=November 6, 2012}}</ref>

===Tenure===
In May 2009, Cassidy partnered with California Democratic Representative [[Jackie Speier]] to introduce legislation that would amend the House of Representatives rules to require that members of Congress list their earmark requests on their congressional websites. Previous earmark reform efforts had focused on disclosure of earmarks that were funded by Congress.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bill-cassidy/earmarks-should-require-a_b_236146.html|title=Earmarks should require an itemized receipt|author=Cassidy, Bill|date=2009-07-16|access-date=2014-04-29|newspaper=Huffington Post}}</ref> In June 2010, he introduced the Gulf Coast Jobs Preservation Act to terminate the moratorium on deep water drilling and require the Secretary of the Interior to ensure the safety of deep water drilling operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr5519|title=H.R. 5519 (111th)|work=GovTrack.us|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://washingtonindependent.com/95208/in-louisiana-candidates-fight-for-and-over-oil-jobs|title=In Louisiana, Candidates Fight For – And Over – Oil Jobs|date=2010-08-19|access-date=2014-04-29|newspaper=The Washington Independent|first=Andrew|last=Restuccia}}</ref> He worked to ensure that money from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund which was established in the wake of the BP oil spill, is spent on coastal restoration efforts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/6843854-125/congressmen-spar-over-bp-money|title=Congressmen spar over BP money|date=2013-08-23|access-date=2014-04-29|newspaper=The Advocate|first=Jordan|last=Blum|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023001311/http://theadvocate.com/home/6843854-125/congressmen-spar-over-bp-money|archive-date=October 23, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In December 2010, Cassidy voted to extend the tax cuts enacted during the administration of President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/house/2/votes/647|title=To extend Bush tax cuts|work=The U.S. Congress Votes Database|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224002457/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/house/2/votes/647/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He voted for the Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/112/house/1/votes/858|title=Balanced Budget Amendment|work=The U.S. Congress Votes Database|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=November 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121152723/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/112/house/1/votes/858/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May 2013, Cassidy introduced the [[Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013]] ({{USBill|113|hr|1582}}) to require the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) to submit reports to both the [[United States Congress]] and the [[United States Department of Energy]] regarding proposed regulation that would have significant compliance costs (an impact of over $1 billion).<ref name=cbo1582>{{cite web|title=CBO – 1582|date=July 22, 2013|url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44443|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Energybillsadvance>{{cite news|last=Kasperowicz|first=Pete|title=Energy bills advance with House vote|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/157289-energy-bills-advance-with-house-vote/|access-date=July 26, 2013|newspaper=The Hill|date=July 24, 2013}}</ref> The Department of Energy and Congress would then have the option of stopping or altering the EPA proposal.<ref name="cbo1582"/>

In 2013, due to the [[American Medical Association]]'s decision to officially recognize [[obesity]] as a disease, Senators and Representatives, including Cassidy, helped introduce legislation to lower health care costs and prevent [[Chronic condition|chronic diseases]] by addressing America's growing obesity crisis. Cassidy said the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act could help empower physicians to use all methods and means to fight the condition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benzinga.com/news/13/06/3690006/senators-carper-murkowski-representatives-cassidy-kind-introduce-bill-to-help-red#ixzz2X4K9KwPV|title=Senators Carper, Murkowski, Representatives Cassidy, Kind Introduce Bill to Help Reduce Obesity|last1=Gross|first1=Charles|date=June 19, 2013|publisher=Benzinga|access-date=July 16, 2013}}</ref>

In June 2013, Cassidy supported a House-passed bill that federally banned [[abortion]]s after 20 weeks of pregnancy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/louisiana-abortion-mary-landrieu-bill-cassidy-107779.html|title=Abortion becomes issue in Louisiana Senate race|author=Everett, Burgess|work=POLITICO|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> Also in 2013, Cassidy circulated a draft letter opposing an immigration reform bill, asking for signatures. Democratic Representative [[Mark Takano]], a high school literature teacher for 23 years, marked it up in red pen like a school assignment and gave it an F, with comments like, "exaggeration -- avoid hyperbole," and "contradicts earlier statement."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/12/mark-takano-letter-teacher-republicans_n_3582230.html|title=Rep. Mark Takano Corrects Republican Letter, Proves He Will Always Be A Teacher|author=Klein, Rebecca|work=The Huffington Post|date=July 12, 2013|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>

In 2014 Cassidy co-sponsored an amendment to the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act in 2014 to limit annual premium increases for flood insurance, reinstate the flood insurance program's grandfathering provision, and eliminate a provision that required an increase to actuarial levels when a home is sold.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/03/will_flood_insurance_bill_get.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002501/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/03/will_flood_insurance_bill_get.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2014|title=Will flood insurance bill get a vote this week?|date=2014-03-12|access-date=2014-04-29|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|first=Bruce|last=Alpert}}</ref>

Cassidy was a vocal opponent of the [[Affordable Care Act|Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (commonly called Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act), arguing that it would fail to lower costs and give too much decision-making authority to the federal government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/5997068-125/cassidy-blasts-obamacare|title=Cassidy blasts Obamacare|date=2013-05-17|access-date=2014-04-29|newspaper=The Advocate|first=Jordan|last=Blum|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002018/http://theadvocate.com/home/5997068-125/cassidy-blasts-obamacare|archive-date=May 2, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In September 2014, the House passed the [[Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013|Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013 (H.R. 3522; 113th Congress)]], sponsored by Cassidy, enabling Americans to keep health insurance policies that do not meet all of the Affordable Care Act's requirements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/217440-house-passes-bill-allowing-people-to-keep-health-plans/ | title=House ok's Cassidy's 'keep your plan' bill|date=2014-09-11|work=The Hill|first=Cristina|last=Marcos}}</ref> In March 2017, Cassidy sent a letter to one of his constituents that falsely asserted that Obamacare "allows a presidentially handpicked 'Health Choices Commissioner' to determine what coverage and treatments are available to you."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/we-fact-checked-lawmakers-letters-to-constituents-on-health-care|title=We Fact-Checked Lawmakers' Letters to Constituents on Health Care|last=Ornstein|first=Charles|date=2017-03-22|work=ProPublica|access-date=2017-03-22|language=en}}</ref>

Cassidy supported the [[Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014|Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 (H.R. 4899; 113th Congress)]], a bill to revise existing laws regarding the development of oil and gas resources on the [[Outer Continental Shelf]].<ref name=cbo4899>{{cite web|title=CBO – H.R. 4899|url=http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hr4899.pdf|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> The bill was intended to increase domestic energy production and lower gas prices.<ref name=HousePassesMarcos>{{cite news|last1=Marcos|first1=Cristina|title=House passes bill to increase offshore energy projects|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/210690-house-passes-bill-to-increase-offshore-energy-projects/|access-date=26 June 2014|work=The Hill|date=26 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=GraeberUPI>{{cite news|last1=Graeber|first1=Daniel J.|title=House measure on gas aimed at lower prices|url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2014/06/27/House-measure-on-gas-aimed-at-lower-prices/9031403872288|access-date=January 5, 2015|publisher=UPI|date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> He argued that the bill "would allow us to take advantage of our natural resources and expands our energy manufacturing and construction industries."<ref name=TimesPicayune1>{{cite news|last1=Alpert|first1=Bruce|title=House passes bill to expand production and drop cap on sharing|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/house_passes_bill_to_expand_oi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628162908/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/house_passes_bill_to_expand_oi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2014|access-date=June 27, 2014|publisher=The Times-Picayune|date=June 26, 2014}}</ref>

===Committee assignments (113th Congress)===
* [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Committee on Energy and Commerce]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Health|Subcommittee on Health]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals|Subcommittee on Environment and Economy]]
** [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce|Subcommittee on Energy and Power]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cassidy.house.gov/legislation/committee-assignments |title=Committee Assignments &#124; Congressman Bill Cassidy |publisher=Cassidy.house.gov |access-date=2014-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815013404/http://cassidy.house.gov/legislation/committee-assignments |archive-date=August 15, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Caucuses===
While in the House of Representatives, Cassidy was a member of many congressional caucuses,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cassidy.house.gov/legislation/caucus-memberships |title=Caucus Memberships &#124; Congressman Bill Cassidy |publisher=Cassidy.house.gov |access-date=2014-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815015210/http://cassidy.house.gov/legislation/caucus-memberships |archive-date=August 15, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> including the [[Tea Party Caucus|House Tea Party Caucus]] and [[Republican Study Committee]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barrow|first=Bill|date=December 4, 2014|title=La.'s Cassidy: What kind of senator would he be?|work=AP News|url=https://apnews.com/article/ab165d22b8f947c5aa1d443e57d618c5|access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

* [[Congressional Coalition on Adoption]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Senate Taiwan Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Senate Taiwan Caucus 118th Congress (2023-2024)|author=|url=https://fapa.org/senate-taiwan-caucus/|format=|publisher=Formosan Association for Public Affairs|date=February 5, 2004|accessdate=25 March 2025}}</ref>

==U.S. Senate==
[[File:Bill Cassidy at Hudson Institute.jpg|thumb|right|Bill Cassidy at [[Hudson Institute]], May 2015]]

===Elections===

==== 2014 ====
{{main|2014 United States Senate election in Louisiana}}
Cassidy ran for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] in the 2014 election, in which he was endorsed by Republican Senator [[David Vitter]]. 

He defeated incumbent Democratic Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] in a runoff election, receiving 56% of the vote to Landrieu's 44%. It was the first Republican victory for the seat since [[William Pitt Kellogg|William P. Kellogg]] in 1883.<ref name="Senate 2014">{{cite news|last=Deslatte|first=Melinda|title=Bill Cassidy's ability to oust Mary Landrieu questioned|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/viewart/20130824/ELECTION/130824005/Bill-Cassidy-s-ability-oust-Mary-Landrieu-questioned-|access-date=20 September 2013|newspaper=Shreveport Times|date=24 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/12/07/mary-landrieus-seat-will-be-held-by-a-republican-for-the-first-time-in-132-years/|title=Mary Landrieu's seat will be held by a Republican for the first time in 132 years|author=Philip Bump|date=December 7, 2014|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>

====2020====
{{main|2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana}}

Cassidy was reelected in 2020 with 59.32% of the vote.

=== Tenure ===
====115th Congress====
On May 8, 2017, Cassidy appeared on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' and discussed [[healthcare in the United States]].<ref>{{YouTube|SToeM55KMzU|Jimmy Kimmel on Response to Emotional Monologue About Baby & Health Care Debate}}</ref> He said that any legislation that he would support must meet the "[[Jimmy Kimmel test]]", namely: "Would a child born with congenital heart disease be able to get everything he or she would need in that first year of life?"<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/09/19/jimmy-kimmel-gets-heated-about-health-care-bill-says-bill-cassidy-lied-right-to-my-face/|title=Jimmy Kimmel gets heated about health-care bill, says Sen. Bill Cassidy 'lied right to my face'|author=Yahr, Emily|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 20, 2017|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> Kimmel had earlier chastised Republicans for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with legislation that would not ensure protection for children such as his newborn, who was born with a heart defect that required immediate surgery.<ref name=":0" />

In September 2017, Cassidy and [[Lindsey Graham]] introduced legislation [[Efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act|to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act]]. The "Graham–Cassidy" bill would eliminate the ACA's [[Health insurance marketplace|marketplace]] subsidies, repeal the ACA's [[Medicaid expansion]], and introduce a temporary block grant that would expire in 2026.<ref name="Garfield">Rachel Garfield, Larry Levit, Robin Rudowitz & Gary Claxton, [http://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/state-by-state-estimates-of-changes-in-federal-spending-on-health-care-under-the-graham-cassidy-bill/ State-by-State Estimates of Changes in Federal Spending on Health Care Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill], [[Kaiser Family Foundation]] (September 21, 2017).</ref> The legislation would also impose a per-enrollee cap on [[Medicaid]] funding.<ref name="Garfield"/> The [[Kaiser Family Foundation]] noted that the legislation "would fundamentally alter the current federal approach to financing health coverage for more than 80 million people who have coverage through the ACA (Medicaid expansion or marketplace) or through the traditional Medicaid program."<ref name="Garfield"/> An analysis by the [[Center on Budget and Policy Priorities]] found that the legislation "would cut federal health care funding by $299 billion relative to current law" in the year 2027 alone and estimated that it would leave 32 million more Americans [[Health insurance coverage in the United States|without health insurance]].<ref>Edwin Parks & Matt Broaddus, [https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/cassidy-graham-plans-damaging-cuts-to-health-care-funding-would-grow-dramatically-in Cassidy-Graham Plan's Damaging Cuts to Health Care Funding Would Grow Dramatically in 2027], Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (revised September 20, 2017).</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] endorsed the bill.<ref>Lauren Fox, [http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/politics/deadline-graham-cassidy-health-care-bill/index.html The one major reason Graham-Cassidy could pass], CNN (September 21, 2017).</ref>

The bill does not meet the "Jimmy Kimmel test", as it would allow states to eliminate requirements to cover children with conditions like that of Kimmel's child.<ref name=":0" /> Kimmel condemned Cassidy, calling him a liar,<ref name=":0" /> listed the health organizations that opposed Graham–Cassidy, and urged his viewers to contact their congressional representatives about the legislation.<ref name=":0" /> Cassidy responded to Kimmel, saying that Kimmel "doesn't understand" the legislation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/09/21/sen-cassidys-rebuttal-to-jimmy-kimmel-more-people-will-have-coverage/|title=Analysis {{!}} Sen. Cassidy's rebuttal to Jimmy Kimmel: 'More people will have coverage'|last=Kessler|first=Glenn|date=2017-09-21|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-09-21|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Cassidy also said that under Graham–Cassidy, "more people will have coverage" than under the Affordable Care Act. According to the ''Washington Post'' fact checker, Cassidy "provided little evidence to support his claim of more coverage... the consensus [among health care analysts] is that his funding formula makes his claim all but impossible to achieve."<ref name=":1" />

====117th Congress====

Cassidy was in attendance during the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count]] when Trump supporters [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|stormed the United States Capitol]]. He tweeted during the attack, calling them "hooligans" and the storming "un-American." He later said the participants were guilty of [[sedition]] "and should be prosecuted as such."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Atoms |first1=Greg |title=Senator Bill Cassidy Says Pro-Trump Rioters Committed Sedition |url=https://710keel.com/senator-bill-cassidy-says-pro-trump-rioters-committed-sedition/ |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=News Radio 710 KEEL |issue=8 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> When the Capitol was secured and Congress resumed, Cassidy voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bridges |first1=Tyler |title=GOP leaders in Louisiana with Trump even as other Republicans split with him after the Capitol riot |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_2ebb5388-5205-11eb-a987-4bef77306dda.html |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=The Advocate |date=9 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Cassidy was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump of [[Sedition|incitement of insurrection]] in his [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|second impeachment trial]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Latest: Senate acquits Trump of inciting Capitol attack |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-trials-elections-impeachments-a1d3f0a4d0daf8eb218cf6dbf0fb5a8f |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=AP News |agency=Associated Press |date=February 13, 2021 |quote=Voting to find Trump guilty were GOP Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Patrick Toomey of Pennsylvania.}}</ref> Hours after the vote, the [[Republican Party of Louisiana]] censured him.<ref name="cnn021321">{{cite news |last1=Mena |first1=Kelly |last2=Merica |first2=Dan |title=Louisiana Republican Party censures Cassidy following vote to convict Trump |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/13/politics/bill-cassidy-louisiana-republican-party-censure/index.html |access-date=February 14, 2021 |work=CNN |publisher=Cable News Network |date=February 13, 2021}}</ref> Cassidy was praised by several Democrats, including his predecessor [[Mary Landrieu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/senlandrieu/status/1360701649673719816|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> 

On May 27, 2021, along with five other Republicans and all Democrats, Cassidy voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. The vote fell short of the 60 required "yes" votes.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/2021/05/28/republican-senators-torpedo-jan-6-commission/ Republican senators torpedo Jan. 6 commission], ''[[Roll Call]]'',  Chris Marquette, May 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.</ref>

In 2023, after Trump was indicted for [[FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents|mishandling classified documents]], Cassidy called for Trump to drop out of the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]].<ref name=":2" /> When Trump won the Republican nomination, Cassidy declined to endorse him.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Metzger |first=Bryan |title=Why these 7 Republican senators still aren't endorsing Trump |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/which-republican-senators-havent-endorsed-donald-trump-2024-9 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
* [[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Committee on Energy and Natural Resources]]
**[[United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Energy|Subcommittee on Energy]]
**[[United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining|Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining]]
**[[United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Water and Power|Subcommittee on Water and Power]]
* [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Committee on Finance]]
**[[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care|Subcommittee on Health Care]]
**[[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness|Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness]]
**[[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy|Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy]]
**[[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care|Subcommittee on Health Care]]
* [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions]] (Chair)
**[[United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Children and Families|Subcommittee on Children and Families]]
**[[United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety|Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety]]
**[[United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security|Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security]]
* [[United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Committee on Veterans' Affairs]]

===Caucuses===
*[[Senate Republican Conference]]

==Political positions==
Cassidy is regarded as a [[Moderate Republican (modern United States)|moderate]] Republican.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|last=Diaz|first=Daniella|title=Cassidy on Trump and the GOP: 'If we idolize one person, we will lose'|website=[[CNN]]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/28/politics/bill-cassidy-donald-trump-republican-party-future/index.html|date=28 February 2021|access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Archote |first=Josh |title=LA Republicans celebrate abortion ruling, embrace far-right talking points at state convention |url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2022/06/26/louisiana-gop-bashes-moderate-republicans-celebrates-abortion-ruling/7709757001/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=The Daily Advertiser |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=DuBos |first=Clancy |date=August 12, 2021 |title=Uncomfortable with Trumpism, Cassidy returns to moderate roots |url=https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/clancy_dubos/clancy-dubos-uncomfortable-with-trumpism-cassidy-returns-to-moderate-roots/article_e89a82bc-fbb3-11eb-8f68-eb34afdbc7aa.html |website=nola.com}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Linda |date=January 19, 2023 |title=How Bill Cassidy, Senate's New GOP Education Leader, Aims to Put Focus on Students With Reading Disabilities |url=https://www.the74million.org/article/on-senate-ed-panel-new-gop-leader-cassidy-puts-focus-on-reading-disabilities/ |website=The74}}</ref>

=== Abortion ===
Cassidy opposes abortion after 20 weeks and any federal funding for abortion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-commends-march-for-life-activists-announces-support-for-pro-life-bills|title=Cassidy Commends March for Life Activists, Announces Support for Pro-Life Bills &#124; U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana|website=www.cassidy.senate.gov}}</ref> He supported the 2022 [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'']], calling it a decision that "recognizes that an unborn child has a right to life".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cassidy |first1=Bill |title=Today's decision recognizes that an unborn child has a right to life. #RoeVsWade #Roe #Dobbs |url=https://twitter.com/SenBillCassidy/status/1540345835619340288 |website=Twitter |access-date=25 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Also in 2022, Cassidy said Louisiana's maternal mortality rate was among the nation's highest because "About a third of our population is African American; African Americans have a higher incidence of maternal mortality. So if you correct our population for race, we're not as much of an outlier as it'd otherwise appear".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/19/why-louisianas-maternal-mortality-rates-are-so-high-00033832 | title=Why Louisiana's maternal mortality rates are so high | website=Politico | date=2022-05-19  | author=Sara Owermohle |accessdate= 2025-02-08}}</ref>

===Agriculture ===
In July 2019, Cassidy was one of eight senators to introduce the Agricultural Trucking Relief Act, a bill that would alter the definition of an agricultural commodity to include both horticultural and aquacultural products and promote greater consistency in regulation by federal and state agencies as part of an attempt to ease regulatory burdens on trucking and the agri-community.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://transportationtodaynews.com/news/14431-bipartisan-senate-effort-seeks-to-ease-regulation-of-agricultural-trucking/|title=Bipartisan Senate effort seeks to ease regulation of agricultural trucking|first=Chris|last=Galford|date=July 2, 2019|publisher=transportationtodaynews.com}}</ref>

=== Carbon tariff ===
In November 2023, Cassidy and [[Lindsey Graham]] co-sponsored the Foreign Pollution Fee Act. Endorsed by the [[Sierra Club]], the bill (S. 3198; referred to the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Senate Finance Committee]]) proposed a [[Eco-tariff|carbon tariff]] on energy and industrial [[import]]s based on the good's [[emission intensity]] or [[carbon footprint]] as compared with the same domestic good to impose a [[carbon price]] on goods from [[List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions|countries with greater greenhouse gas emissions]] than the [[Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States|United States]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Budryk |first=Zach |date=November 2, 2023 |title=Republican bill would impose fee on imports from foreign polluters |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4290427-republican-bill-would-impose-fee-imports-foreign-polluters/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |work=The Hill |publisher=Nexstar Media Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Siegel |first=Josh |date=November 2, 2023 |title=Senate Republicans introduce a climate bill — aimed at China |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/02/senate-gop-climate-bill-china-00124909 |access-date=November 20, 2023 |website=Politico |publisher=Axel Springer SE}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Senate – November 2, 2023 |url=https://www.congress.gov/118/crec/2023/11/02/169/181/CREC-2023-11-02-pt1-PgS5338.pdf |journal=[[Congressional Record]] |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]] |volume=169 |issue=181 |pages=S5338 |access-date=November 20, 2023}}</ref>

=== Defense ===
In July 2019 Cassidy was one of 16 Republican senators to send Acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director [[Russell Vought]], Acting White House Chief of Staff [[Mick Mulvaney]], and Treasury Secretary [[Steven Mnuchin]] a letter encouraging them to work with them to prevent a continuing resolution "for FY 2020 that would delay the implementation of the President’s National Defense Strategy (NDS) and increase costs" and arguing that the yearlong continuing resolution administration officials favored would render the Defense Department "incapable of increasing readiness, recapitalizing our force, or rationalizing funding to align with the National Defense Strategy (NDS)."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2019/07/06/marsha-blackburn-david-perdue-colleagues-encourage-trump-administration-to-avoid-another-continuing-resolution/|title=Marsha Blackburn, David Perdue, Colleagues Encourage Trump Administration to Avoid Another Continuing Resolution|date=July 6, 2019|publisher=clarksvilleonline.com}}</ref>

=== Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 ===
Cassidy was among the 31 Senate Republicans who voted against final passage of the [[2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis#Agreement|Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Folley |first=Aris |date=June 1, 2023 |title=Here are the senators who voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4031302-here-are-the-senators-who-voted-against-the-bill-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/ |access-date=June 17, 2023 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy ===
In October 2023, Cassidy visited China as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation led by Senate Majority Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] and met with Chinese President [[Xi Jinping]]. The delegation also met Foreign Minister [[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]], National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman [[Zhao Leji]], and Shanghai Communist Party Secretary [[Chen Jining]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Amber |last2=Han |first2=Bochen |date=9 October 2023 |title=US senators defy backlash at home to test China's engagement first-hand |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3237169/us-senators-defy-backlash-home-test-chinas-engagement-first-hand |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref>

In January 2024, Cassidy voted against a resolution proposed by Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] to apply the [[Human rights violations against Palestinians by Israel|human rights]] provisions of the [[Foreign Assistance Act]] to [[United States support for Israel in the Gaza war|U.S. aid to Israel's military]]. The proposal was defeated, 72 to 11.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senate Kills Measure to Scrutinize Israeli Human Rights Record as Condition for Aid |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/01/16/senate-israel-human-rights-condition-aid/ |work=The Intercept |date=January 16, 2024}}</ref>

===Gun law===

Cassidy opposes gun control as a matter of principle.<ref name=principle>{{cite web |url=https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/priorities/issues/second-amendment-rights |website=Sen. Bill Cassidy website |date=March 20, 2019|access-date=June 8, 2022|title=Second Amendment Rights|quote=The Second Amendment guarantees law-abiding citizens the right to keep and bear arms. I am proud to have an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA) because I have and will continue to fight for Louisianans rights that are protected by the Constitution.}}</ref>

In January 2019, Cassidy was one of 31 Republican senators to cosponsor the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, a bill introduced by [[John Cornyn]] and [[Ted Cruz]] that would allow people with concealed-carry privileges in their home state to exercise this right in any other state with concealed-carry laws while concurrently abiding by that state's laws.<ref name=sponsor>{{cite news|url=https://www.kcbd.com/2019/01/10/sens-cruz-cornyn-file-concealed-carry-reciprocity-bill/|title=Sens. Cruz, Cornyn file Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Bill|date=January 10, 2019|publisher=Gray Television|website=KCBD|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref>

In May 2022, after the [[Uvalde school shooting|Robb Elementary School shooting]], Cassidy reaffirmed his opposition to banning any kind of guns, including [[assault rifle]]s such as the [[AR-15–style rifle|AR-15]].<ref name=aff>{{cite news |date=May 27, 2022 |title=Louisiana's Senator Bill Cassidy says he uses his AR-15 to kill feral pigs |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/louisianas-senator-bill-cassidy-says-he-uses-his-ar-15-to-kill-feral-pigs/articleshow/91841234.cms|work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=June 8, 2022 |quote="If you ask the people who own [an AR-15], they'll wonder why you would take it away from them."}}</ref> At the same time, during a live video discussion on youth [[mental health]] hosted by [[The Washington Post|''The'' ''Washington Post'']], he said he was "open to some discussions on ways to prevent shootings", such as [[Red flag law|red-flag laws]] and expanded [[background check]]s.<ref name=open>{{cite news |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Cassidy open to discussions on gun violence prevention after Texas school mass shooting|url=https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2022/05/25/louisiana-republican-senator-says-expanded-gun-background-checks-should-discussed/9929339002/|work=[[Lafayette Daily Advertiser]]|first=William|last=Taylor Potter |access-date=June 8, 2022 |quote="[F]ederal red flag laws and an expansion of required background checks on firearm sales is certainly something to discuss."}}</ref> Cassidy later became one of ten Republican senators to support a bipartisan agreement on gun control, which included a red flag provision, a support for state crisis intervention orders, funding for school safety resources, stronger background checks for buyers under the age of 21, and penalties for straw purchases.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/politics/senate-gun-safety-agreement/index.html|title=Bipartisan group of senators announces agreement on gun control|publisher=CNN|last1=Bash|first1=Dana|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|last3=Judd|first3=Donald|date=June 12, 2022|accessdate=June 12, 2022}}</ref>

=== Social Security ===
Cassidy supports lengthening the solvency of [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]], which is scheduled to run out of money to pay all beneficiaries by 2034.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Susan |date=2023-05-12 |title=Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy wants to save Social Security. Will Washington let him? |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/12/1174761268/cassidy-social-security |access-date=2025-05-30 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-03 |title=Senate group eyes Social Security changes as Biden hits Republicans over benefits |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-group-social-security-changes-biden-hits-republicans-rcna73307 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, he and Senator [[Angus King]] proposed creating a $1.5 trillion investment fund managed independently of Congress to fund 75% of the Social Security trust fund's liabilities.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Choi |first=Joseph |date=2024-03-14 |title=GOP senator: Biden and Trump would 'enforce' Social Security cuts |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4531934-gop-senator-cassidy-biden-trump-social-security-cuts/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240317094626/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4531934-gop-senator-cassidy-biden-trump-social-security-cuts/ |archive-date=2024-03-17 |access-date=2025-05-30 |work=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> Cassidy has criticized both Biden's and Trump's views on Social Security.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":12" />

=== Taxes ===
In 2019, along with Democrats [[Amy Klobuchar]] and [[Doug Jones (politician)|Doug Jones]] and Republican [[Pat Toomey]], Cassidy was a lead sponsor of the Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act, a bill that would undo a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that raised the tax on the benefit children receive from a parent's Department of Defense survivor benefits plan to 37% from an average of 12% to 15% before the 2017 law. The bill passed in the Senate in May 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/government-and-politics/4616791-klobuchar-bill-protecting-gold-star-families-trump-tax-hike|title=Klobuchar bill protecting Gold Star families from Trump tax hike passes Senate|date=May 23, 2019|publisher=Brainerd Dispatch}}</ref>

On July 30, 2019, Cassidy and Senator [[Kyrsten Sinema]] released a proposal under which new parents would be authorized to advance their child tax credit benefits in order to receive a $5,000 cash benefit upon either birth or adoption of a child. The parents' child tax credit would then be reduced by $500 for each year of the following decade. The senators described their proposal as the first bipartisan paid parental leave plan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/455269-senators-offer-bipartisan-proposal-to-help-new-parents/|title=Senators offer bipartisan proposal allowing new parents to advance tax credits|date=July 30, 2019|first=Naomi|last=Jagoda|work=The Hill}}</ref>

===Vaccinations ===
As a physician described as a "lifelong advocate for vaccines", Cassidy was seen as a swing vote on the Senate Finance Panel for the confirmation of anti-vaccine advocate [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] as Secretary of Health and Human Services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-03 |title=RFK Jr. vote poses key test for Bill Cassidy, endangered Louisiana senator |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/rfk-jr-vote-poses-key-test-for-bill-cassidy-endangered-louisiana-senator/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref> During the confirmation hearings in January 2025, Cassidy pressed Kennedy over his opposition to childhood vaccinations and refusal to denounce the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/rfk-confirmation-vaccines-health-kennedy-cassidy-248bfb16aa3a2a117efa54a2a3be920e RFK Jr. on defensive over his vaccine views as a key confirmation vote hangs in the balance], ''[[Associated Press]]'', Amanda Seitz,  Stephen Groves, January 30, 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2024.</ref> Cassidy said he struggled to decide whether to vote to confirm Kennedy because of his ethics as a doctor ("dedicating my life to saving lives").<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-09 |title=How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to 'yes' on RFK Jr. and Gabbard |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-cabinet-rfk-gabbard-vance-senate-republicans-e76b6af616715508e48084de04eecdbe |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> But after pressure from Republican leaders, he voted to advance Kennedy's nomination from the Senate Finance Committee to the full Senate for confirmation.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-04 |title=Senate committee advances Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nomination to be health secretary |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-cabinet-kennedy-rfk-health-secretary-vote-842455e48b1f9b79fb2312937dff29f6? |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> 

Cassidy said he received "commitments" from Kennedy to meet with Cassidy several times a month, give advance notice to Congress if he imposes any changes to vaccine safety monitoring, and not to have the CDC remove from its website statements that vaccines do not cause autism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-04 |title=How Bill Cassidy, a lifelong vaccination advocate, wound up voting for RFK Jr. as health secretary |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/bill-cassidy-lifelong-vaccination-advocate-234445885.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/video/senator-bill-cassidy-explains-rfk-jr-vote-digvid |title=Video: Key GOP senator explains why he's supporting RFK Jr. {{!}} CNN Politics |date=2025-02-04 |last=Lewis |first=Daniel |language=en |access-date=2025-02-06 |via=www.cnn.com}}</ref> During the confirmation hearings, Kennedy also promised Cassidy that he would not change the U.S. [[vaccination schedule]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-18 |title=Kennedy says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it |url=https://apnews.com/article/childhood-vaccines-schedule-kennedy-trump-hhs-4d5e6c52c602f5edbcd837748605e9d0 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> But less than a week after taking office, Kennedy announced he would convene a panel to examine the vaccination schedule.<ref name=":9" />

Under Kennedy, the CDC announced plans to investigate debunked claims of a link between autism and the measles vaccination. Cassidy called this a waste of money.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nunn |first1=Emily Baumgaertner |last2=Stolberg |first2=Sheryl Gay |date=2025-03-08 |title=C.D.C. Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/health/vaccines-autism-cdc-rfk-jr.html |access-date=2025-03-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Stolberg |first1=Sheryl Gay |last2=Rosenbluth |first2=Teddy |last3=Mandavilli |first3=Apoorva |date=2025-03-23 |title=Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/health/cdc-kennedy-vaccine-disinformation.html |access-date=2025-03-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Cassidy's wife, Laura (''née'' Layden), is also a physician. They met during their respective residencies in [[Los Angeles]] and married on September 29, 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|last=M.D|first=Bill Cassidy|date=2017-09-29|title=Today, my wife & I celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary. She's my best friend & most trusted advisor. I am blessed to share life with her.pic.twitter.com/zTNQj73Zcv|url=https://twitter.com/billcassidy/status/913865794248994816|access-date=2019-01-15|website=@billcassidy|language=en}}</ref> In the early 1990s, both worked at the Earl K. Long Medical Center, where Laura was the hospital's head of surgery. Cassidy worked as a [[Gastroenterology|gastroenterologist]] at the facility until it closed in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=O'Donoghue, Julia|title=Bill Cassidy wants to be the doctor he believes the U.S. Senate needs|url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_4d564a7f-c9e0-5ccf-a34d-1810964b9dc3.html|access-date=September 18, 2020|work=Nola.com|date=October 16, 2014 }}</ref> They have three children.<ref name="obituary">[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary-preview.aspx?n=james-f-cassidy&pid=124563060&referrer=1382 James F. Cassidy obituary], ''[[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)|Baton Rouge Morning Advocate]]'', February 24, 2009.</ref> They are members of The Chapel on the Campus, a nondenominational Christian church that meets on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Donoghue|first1=Julia|date=January 22, 2015|title=Bill Cassidy's most trusted political adviser is his wife, Laura|publisher=The Times-Picayune|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/laura_cassidy_bill_cassidy_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123061218/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/laura_cassidy_bill_cassidy_1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 23, 2015|access-date=6 April 2016}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
===Louisiana State Senate===
{{Election box begin no change
  | title = [[Louisiana's 16th State Senate district|Louisiana State Senate, District 16]] (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical|title=State Senator -- 16th Senatorial District|website=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=9 December 2006|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Bill Cassidy
  | votes = 8,394
  | percentage = 58.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = William Daniel
  | votes = 5,472
  | percentage = 37.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Libertarian Party (United States)
  | candidate = S.B.A. Zaitoon
  | votes = 592
  | percentage = 4.09
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 14,458
  | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  | winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
  | title = [[Louisiana's 16th State Senate district|Louisiana State Senate, District 16]] (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical|title=State Senator -- 16th Senatorial District|website=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=20 October 2007|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Bill Cassidy ([[incumbent]])
  | votes = 33,463
  | percentage = 75.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Troy "Rocco" Moreau
  | votes = 6,781
  | percentage = 15.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Libertarian Party (United States)
  | candidate = Richard Fontanesi
  | votes = 3,995
  | percentage = 9.03
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 44,239
  | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  | winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===U.S. House of Representatives===
{{Election box begin no change
  | title = [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana|U.S. House of Representatives, 6th District of Louisiana (2008)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical|title=U. S. Representative -- 6th Congressional District|website=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=4 November 2008|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Bill Cassidy
  | votes = 150,332
  | percentage = 48.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = [[Don Cazayoux]] ([[incumbent]])
  | votes = 125,886
  | percentage = 40.29
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
  | party = No Party
  | candidate = Michael L. Jackson
  | votes = 36,198
  | percentage = 11.59
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 312,416
  | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
  | winner = Republican Party (United States)
  | loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
  | title = [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana|U.S. House of Representatives, 6th District of Louisiana (2010)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical|title=U. S. Representative -- 6th Congressional District|website=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=2 November 2010|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Bill Cassidy ([[incumbent]])
  | votes = 138,607
  | percentage = 65.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Democratic Party (United States)
  | candidate = Merritt E. McDonald, Sr.
  | votes = 72,577
  | percentage = 34.37
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 211,184
  | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  | winner = Republican Party (United States)
  | loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
  | title = [[2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana|U.S. House of Representatives, 6th District of Louisiana (2012)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical|title=U. S. Representative -- 6th Congressional District|website=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=6 November 2012|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  | party = Republican Party (United States)
  | candidate = Bill Cassidy ([[incumbent]])
  | votes = 243,553
  | percentage = 79.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  | party = Libertarian Party (United States)
  | candidate = Rufus Holt Craig, Jr
  | votes = 32,185
  | percentage = 10.49
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
  | party = No Party
  | candidate = Richard "RPT" Torregano
  | votes = 30,975
  | percentage = 10.10
}}
{{Election box total no change
  | votes = 306,713
  | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  | winner = Republican Party (United States)
  | loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===U.S. Senate===
{{Election box open primary begin no change
  | title = [[2014 United States Senate election in Louisiana|United States Senate, Louisiana (2014)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical|title=U. S. Senator|website=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=4 November 2014|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical|title=U. S. Senator|website=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=6 December 2014|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Mary Landrieu]] ([[incumbent]])
 | votes = 619,402
 | percentage = 42.08
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = Bill Cassidy
 | votes = 603,048
 | percentage = 40.97
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = Rob Maness
 | votes = 202,556
 | percentage = 13.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = Thomas Clements
 | votes = 14,173
 | percentage = 0.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Libertarian Party (United States)
 | candidate = Brannon McMorris
 | votes = 13,034
 | percentage = 0.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = Wayne Ables
 | votes = 11,323
 | percentage = 0.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = William Waymire
 | votes = 4,673
 | percentage = 0.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = Vallian Senegal
 | votes = 3,835
 | percentage = 0.26
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes = 1,473,826
 | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = Bill Cassidy
 | votes = 712,379
 | percentage = 55.93
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Mary Landrieu]] ([[incumbent]])
 | votes = 561,210
 | percentage = 44.07
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes = 1,273,589
 | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
  | winner = Republican Party (United States)
  | loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
  | title = [[2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana|United States Senate, Louisiana (2020)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical|title=U. S. Senator|website=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=3 November 2020|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Bill Cassidy ([[incumbent]])
 | votes      = 1,228,908
 | percentage = 59.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party       = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate   = [[Adrian Perkins]]
| votes       = 394,049
| percentage  = 19.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Derrick Edwards
 | votes      = 229,814
 | percentage = 11.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Antoine Pierce
 | votes      = 55,710
 | percentage = 2.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Dustin Murphy
 | votes      = 38,383
 | percentage = 1.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Drew Knight
 | votes      = 36,962
 | percentage = 1.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = Beryl Billiot
 | votes      = 17,362
 | percentage = 0.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = John Paul Bourgeois
 | votes      = 16,518
 | percentage = 0.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Peter Wenstrup
 | votes      = 14,454
 | percentage = 0.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Aaron Sigler
 | votes      = 11,321
 | percentage = 0.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza
 | votes      = 7,811
 | percentage = 0.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = Melinda Mary Price
 | votes      = 7,680
 | percentage = 0.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = Jamar Montgomery
 | votes      = 5,804
 | percentage = 0.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = Reno Jean Daret III
 | votes      = 3,954
 | percentage = 0.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = Alexander "Xan" John
 | votes      = 2,813
 | percentage = 0.14
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 2,071,543
 | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
  | winner = Republican Party (United States)
  | loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
{{commonscat|Bill Cassidy}}
{{Portal bar|Biography|United States|Louisiana|Politics|Conservatism|border=n}}
* [[Physicians in the United States Congress]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://www.cassidy.senate.gov U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy] official U.S. Senate website
* [https://www.billcassidy.com Bill Cassidy for U.S. Senate] campaign website
* {{C-SPAN|1030546}}

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