Bill Cassidy
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a physician who chairs the Senate HELP Committee, presents a largely clean self-dealing profile. He carries a negative reported net worth driven by large liabilities (estimated -$361K to -$1.7M range), undercutting any enrichment narrative, and his disclosed assets are mainly mutual funds and retirement accounts. Although he publicly champions a congressional stock-trading ban and his campaign says he doesn't trade, STOCK Act filings show modest historical individual-stock transactions (2016-2020, e.g. Toyota, Cummins, P&G, Disney, Phillips 66), now reportedly ~$0 in trackable individual equities. His most notable accountability flags are heavy pharmaceutical/health-insurer campaign money aligned with his committee jurisdiction (correlation, not proof) and a 2020 report of campaign funds spent on private-club memberships; his vote attendance (4.0% missed) is modestly below the Senate median but not extreme.
Public record
- In Congress since
- 2009
- Committees
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Chairman)
Energy and Natural Resources
Finance
Veterans' Affairs - Missed votes, 119th Congress
- 5.5% (50 of 915; median member 1.9%)
- Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
- $7.0M raised · 25% from PACs & committees · $4.8M cash on hand FEC ↗
The stock-trading ban
H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Disclosed stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.
Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Sources behind this score: 1 data aggregator · 1 official record · 4 reference database · 2 news reporting. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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