Bill Cassidy
Republican
· LA Senate · 117th 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
85.8
Most 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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,002,680
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
2.8
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.1
/ 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
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$26,500 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
$13,865,178
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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
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
QUADRIVIUM
$4.45M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
RIOT GAMES
$2.75M
CHARTER
$2.64M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
FOUNDER
$2.50M
HARRIS
$2.32M
BERKSHIRE
$2.30M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.03M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
ATLANTA FALCONS
$2.00M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.89M
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
$821K
SLF PAC
$608K
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$8K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
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 ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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