Bill Cassidy
Republican
· LA Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Health (Chair) · and Pensions (Chair) · Joint Economic Committee · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · and Mining · Senate Committee on Finance · and Global Competitiveness · and Family Policy · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
78.9
Highly exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
6.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,157,490
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$334,790
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
2.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.5
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$31 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $107.15M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $214K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 72.7 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 85.8 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 54.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 78.9 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$54,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
SLF PAC
Share from this one network
26.8%
Amount from this network
$1,112,710
Total from all networks
$4,153,683
Networks contributing
631
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Who funds Cassidy
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,376,521
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
98.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
35
Money that arrived near votes
$169K
Distinct donors
88
Distinct employers
21
Share of their total fundraising
3.71%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$13K
OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM
$12K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$10K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$10K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$10K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ATCO INVESTMENT
$7K
KKR
$7K
THE BLACKSTONE
$7K
OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM
$6K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$180K
HOMEMAKER
$134K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$69K
HOMEMAKER
$68K
GALLIANO MARINE SERVICE
$46K
WELSH CARSON ANDERSON STOWE
$45K
TELLURIAN
$40K
GENERAL ATLANTIC
$38K
WELSH CARSON ANDERSON STOWE
$36K
BOUDREAUXS NEW DRUG STORE
$35K
OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM
$33K
NEW YORK CANCER BLOOD SPECIALISTS
$30K
RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$30K
ALLIANTGROUP
$30K
BLACKSTONE
$28K
WELSH CARSON ANDERSON STOWE
$28K
DAVITA
$28K
POSIGEN
$28K
LTC PHARMACY MANAGEMENT
$27K
B G FOOD
$26K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bill Cassidy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
LOUISIANA LEGACY PAC
$2.03M
SLF PAC
$1.13M
MAHA PAC
$318K
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$17K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)
$22
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
228 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $4.50M to Bill Cassidy across 406 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$4.50M
Shared contributors
228
Contributions
406
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24 | 51 | $605K |
| 2024 | 26 | 80 | $1.34M |
| 2026 | 199 | 275 | $2.55M |
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Bill Cassidy's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required