Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy | |
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Louisiana Senate from the 16th district | |
In office December 20, 2006 – January 3, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Jay Dardenne |
Succeeded by | Dan Claitor |
Personal details | |
Born | William Morgan Cassidy September 28, 1957 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (formerly) |
Spouse |
Laura Layden (m. 1989) |
Children | 3 |
Education | Louisiana State University (BS, MD) |
Website | Senate website |
William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American physician and politician serving as the
Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Cassidy is a graduate of Louisiana State University (LSU) and LSU School of Medicine. A 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. In 2014, Cassidy defeated Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu to represent Louisiana in the U.S. Senate, becoming the second Republican to hold the seat since the end of Reconstruction. He was reelected in 2020. He played a major role in the creation of the No Surprises Act of 2020, which instituted comprehensive balance billing protections for patients during emergency situations.
Cassidy was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial. As a result, the Republican Party of Louisiana censured him.[2]
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 and Welsh descent.[3] 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.[4]
Early career
Medicine
Cassidy specialized in the treatment of diseases of the liver at the Earl K. Long Medical Center (LSUMC).[5]
In 1998, Cassidy helped found the Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic to provide uninsured residents of the greater
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.[7][8]
In the wake of
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
On December 9, 2006, Cassidy won a
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
On November 4, 2008, Cassidy was elected to serve
In the 2010 midterm elections, Cassidy easily won a second term, defeating Democrat Merritt E. McDonald of Baton Rouge with 66% of the vote.[16] 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.[17]
Tenure
In May 2009, Cassidy partnered with California 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.[18] 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.[19][20] 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.[21]
In December 2010, Cassidy voted to extend the tax cuts enacted during the administration of President George W. Bush.[22] He voted for the Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment of 2011.[23]
In May 2013, Cassidy introduced the
In 2013, due to the
In June 2013, Cassidy supported a House-passed bill that federally banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.[27] Also in 2013, Cassidy circulated a draft letter opposing an immigration reform bill, asking for signatures. 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."[28]
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.[29]
Cassidy was a vocal opponent of the
Cassidy supported the
Committee assignments (113th Congress)
- Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Environment and Economy
- Subcommittee on Energy and Power[37]
Caucuses
While in the House of Representatives, Cassidy was a member of many congressional caucuses,
- Congressional Coalition on Adoption[40]
U.S. Senate
Elections
2014
Cassidy ran for the
2020
Cassidy was reelected in 2020, and won every parish but one.
Tenure
115th Congress
On May 8, 2017, Cassidy appeared on
In September 2017, Cassidy and
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.[44] Kimmel condemned Cassidy, calling him a liar,[44] listed the health organizations that opposed Graham–Cassidy, and urged his viewers to contact their congressional representatives about the legislation.[44] Cassidy responded to Kimmel, saying that Kimmel "doesn't understand" the legislation.[48] 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."[48]
117th Congress
Cassidy was participating in the certification of the
On February 9, 2021, Cassidy voted that Trump's impeachment trial was unconstitutional. After the Senate voted that the trial was constitutional, he was one of seven Republicans to vote to convict Trump of inciting insurrection.[51] Hours after the vote, the Republican Party of Louisiana censured him.[2] Cassidy was also praised by several Democrats, including his predecessor Mary Landrieu, whom Cassidy defeated in 2014.[52] On May 27, 2021, along with five other Republicans and all present Democrats, he voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. The vote failed for lack of 60 required "yes" votes.[53]
Committee assignments
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining
- Subcommittee on Water and Power
- Committee on Finance
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Ranking)
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Caucuses
Political positions
Some regard Cassidy as a
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.[56]
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)."[57]
Gun law
Cassidy opposes gun control as a matter of principle.[58]
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.[59]
In May 2022, after the
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 Senate Finance Committee) proposed imposing a carbon tariff on energy and industrial imports 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 countries with greater greenhouse gas emissions than the United States.[63][64][65]
Taxes
In 2019, along with Democrats Amy Klobuchar and 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.[66]
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.[67]
Abortion
Cassidy opposes abortion after 20 weeks and any federal funding for abortion.[68] He supported the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling it a decision that "recognizes that an unborn child has a right to life."[69]
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Cassidy was among the 31 Senate Republicans who voted against final passage of the
Personal life
Cassidy's wife, Laura (née Layden), is also a physician; they met during their respective residencies in
Electoral history
Louisiana State Senate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Cassidy | 8,394 | 58.06 | ||
Republican | William Daniel | 5,472 | 37.85 | ||
Libertarian | S.B.A. Zaitoon | 592 | 4.09 | ||
Total votes | 14,458 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Cassidy (incumbent) | 33,463 | 75.64 | ||
Republican | Troy "Rocco" Moreau | 6,781 | 15.33 | ||
Libertarian | Richard Fontanesi | 3,995 | 9.03 | ||
Total votes | 44,239 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |
U.S. House of Representatives
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Cassidy | 150,332 | 48.12 | ||
Democratic | Don Cazayoux (incumbent) | 125,886 | 40.29 | ||
No Party | Michael L. Jackson | 36,198 | 11.59 | ||
Total votes | 312,416 | 100.00 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Cassidy (incumbent) | 138,607 | 65.63 | ||
Democratic | Merritt E. McDonald, Sr. | 72,577 | 34.37 | ||
Total votes | 211,184 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Cassidy (incumbent) | 243,553 | 79.41 | ||
Libertarian | Rufus Holt Craig, Jr | 32,185 | 10.49 | ||
No Party | Richard "RPT" Torregano | 30,975 | 10.10 | ||
Total votes | 306,713 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |
U.S. Senate
Primary election | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Democratic | Mary Landrieu (incumbent) | 619,402 | 42.08 | ||
Republican | Bill Cassidy | 603,048 | 40.97 | ||
Republican | Rob Maness | 202,556 | 13.76 | ||
Republican | Thomas Clements | 14,173 | 0.96 | ||
Libertarian | Brannon McMorris | 13,034 | 0.89 | ||
Democratic | Wayne Ables | 11,323 | 0.77 | ||
Democratic | William Waymire | 4,673 | 0.32 | ||
Democratic | Vallian Senegal | 3,835 | 0.26 | ||
Total votes | 1,473,826 | 100.00 | |||
General election | |||||
Republican | Bill Cassidy | 712,379 | 55.93 | ||
Democratic | Mary Landrieu (incumbent) | 561,210 | 44.07 | ||
Total votes | 1,273,589 | 100.00 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Cassidy (incumbent) | 1,228,908 | 59.32 | ||
Democratic | Adrian Perkins | 394,049 | 19.02 | ||
Democratic | Derrick Edwards | 229,814 | 11.09 | ||
Democratic | Antoine Pierce | 55,710 | 2.69 | ||
Republican | Dustin Murphy | 38,383 | 1.85 | ||
Democratic | Drew Knight | 36,962 | 1.78 | ||
Independent
|
Beryl Billiot | 17,362 | 0.84 | ||
Independent
|
John Paul Bourgeois | 16,518 | 0.80 | ||
Democratic | Peter Wenstrup | 14,454 | 0.70 | ||
Libertarian | Aaron Sigler | 11,321 | 0.55 | ||
Independent
|
M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza | 7,811 | 0.38 | ||
Independent
|
Melinda Mary Price | 7,680 | 0.37 | ||
Independent
|
Jamar Montgomery | 5,804 | 0.28 | ||
Independent
|
Reno Jean Daret III | 3,954 | 0.19 | ||
Independent
|
Alexander "Xan" John | 2,813 | 0.14 | ||
Total votes | 2,071,543 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |
See also
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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.
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If you ask the people who own [an AR-15], they'll wonder why you would take it away from them.
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[F]ederal red flag laws and an expansion of required background checks on firearm sales is certainly something to discuss.
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External links
- U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy official U.S. Senate website
- Bill Cassidy for U.S. Senate campaign website
- Bill Cassidy at Curlie
- Appearances on C-SPAN