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Bill Cassidy
William Morgan Cassidy is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the 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 has chaired the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee since 2025.
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2026· 43 entries
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PFSN: ‘The Student in Student-Athlete Should Still Matter’ — Senator Bill Cassidy Ready to Take Action Over Hullabaloo Around Penn State Star Rocco Becht
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NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts: Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy calls President Donald Trump’s federal health directives for childhood vaccines ‘stupid policy’
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ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: Trump and Cassidy clash over war powers vote in meeting with Republican senators - ABC News
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NOLA.com: Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy questions Trump FDA nominee’s experience, vaccine stance
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Benzinga: Trump’s FDA Pick Heidi Overton Faces Republican Resistance as Bill Cassidy Calls Vaccine Order Role ‘Almo
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Yahoo: Bill Cassidy says Todd Blanche vote wasn't 'black or white decision'
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NewsCord: Trump Nominates Dr. Heidi Overton to Lead FDA as Sen. Bill Cassidy Raises Concerns: how 11 outlets framed it
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AOL.com: An unlikely politician, Julia Letlow could be Bill Cassidy's successor
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Yahoo: Bill Cassidy Says RFK Jr. Didn’t Tell Him the Truth Before a Crucial Vote
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CPA Practice Advisor: Bill Cassidy, Others in Congress Are Running Out of Time to Reform Social Security
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New York Post: GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy slams Trump’s childhood vaccine order, warns kids may die: ‘Crazy, stupid’
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NOLA.com: Letters: Bill Cassidy, and the country, should heed Martin Luther King on conscience
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rawstory.com: Internet ridicules flustered Bill Cassidy after he cracks during tense interview
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sekbernews.id: Bill Cassidy Criticizes Donald Trump Childhood Vaccine Order
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AOL.com: Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy Breaks With Trump Over Plan To Split MMR Vaccine Into Six Shots
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ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: 'This Week' Transcript 8-16-26: Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Bill Cassidy & the Generational Divide in the Democratic Party - ABC News
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Central Oregon Daily: GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on President Trump’s vaccine executive order
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Межа. Новини України.: Bill Cassidy Warns Trump’s Separate MMR Vaccine Plan Could Put Children at Risk
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moncloa.com: La orden ejecutiva de Trump sobre vacunas infantiles divide al Partido Republicano: Bill Cassidy la llama 'estupidez'
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ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine executive order: ‘This is just a stupid thing to do’ - ABC News
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Mediaite: GOP Sen Bill Cassidy Rips Trump on Vaccines: 'Crazy, Stupid'
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Public attention spiked: 3,767 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.8× the usual 789, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Letters: Bill Cassidy, and the country, should heed Martin Luther King on conscience” (NOLA.com).
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Yahoo: Bill Cassidy tears into Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ executive order on vaccines
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ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Democratic Party’s Generational Divide & Air Force One Fallout, Sunday on “This Week” with Co-anchor Martha Raddatz - ABC News
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wonderwall.com: Bill Cassidy called IRS protections for Trump family 'wrong'
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Public attention spiked: 5,143 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.5× the usual 789, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “Trump Cuts Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations to 11, Bill Cassidy Says 'This Executive Order Is Wrong' (UPDATED)” (Yahoo).
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Public attention spiked: 12,811 Wikipedia readers in one day, 16.2× the usual 789, with 12 article edits. Editors noted: 119th Congress corrected quote
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Published video “Cassidy, Durbin Deliver Joint Speech Urging Senate to Act Before Social Security Goes Insolvent”.
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Published video “LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Cassidy Highlights LSU Student’s Dedication to the Baton Rouge Community”.
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Published video “Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech Urging Congress to Pass PROMISE Act to Protect Social Security”.
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Published video “Cassidy Urges Congress to Reauthorize the Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act”.
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Published video “Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech Honoring Fallen U.S. Deputy Marshal Michael Andrew Hanson”.
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Public attention spiked: 10,024 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12.7× the usual 789, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “Bill Cassidy accuses Trump of treating Congress as ‘merely an appendage’” (The Guardian).
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Published video “Cassidy Highlights James Joseph’s Commitment to Helping Louisianans”.
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Public attention spiked: 13,886 Wikipedia readers in one day, 17.6× the usual 789, with 1 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 4,640 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.9× the usual 789, with 0 article edits.
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Published video “Washington needs to address health care costs for Americans NOW. President Trump, get engaged!”.
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Published video “LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Cassidy Highlights Local Pecan Farmer’s Mission”.
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Published video “Cassidy Delivers Floor Speech Urging Congress to Make Flood Insurance Affordable Again”.
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Published video “Cassidy Highlights Local Business Owner’s Journey from Uncertainty to Entrepreneurship”.
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Trump endorsed his challenger Julia Letlow in the Republican primary
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2025· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2025).
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2023· 4 entries
Reported claimRated Missing Context. The White House Gift Shop is a private business that is not owned or operated by the federal government. · RumorGuard
Claimed: “Sen. Bill Cassidy criticized the White House for selling merchandise commemorating former President Trump's indictment.” — rated Missing Context. The White House Gift Shop is a private business that is not owned or operated by the federal government. by RumorGuard.
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Claimed: ““The White House Gift Shop is putting out a commemorative coin for Donald Trump's indictment.”” — rated Half True by PolitiFact.
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Career landmark: United States senator (2023–2025).
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After Trump was indicted for mishandling classified documents, Cassidy called for Trump to drop out of the 2024 presidential election
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2022· 2 entries
“s maternal mortality rate was among the nation”
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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
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2021· 5 entries
Claimed: ““They are increasing the debt ceiling to make room for a $5.5 trillion Democratic Party wish list."” — rated We Explain the Dispute by FactCheck.org.
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Along with five other Republicans and all Democrats, Cassidy voted to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 storming of the U
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Career landmark: United States senator (2021–2023).
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And Senator Angus King proposed creating a $1
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Was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial
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2020· 1 entry
Cassidy joined all Republican senators except Mitt Romney in voting to acquit Trump on both articles of impeachment in his first impeachment trial
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2019· 3 entries
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 c
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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
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Career landmark: United States senator (2019–2021).
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2017· 11 entries
Claimed: “Passing the Senate’s Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would result in “net lower premiums” for health insurance.” — rated Spins the Facts by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “"Most Planned Parenthood settings are in urban areas, urban areas that have lots of OB/GYNs. ... The folks who don't have access to those cancer screenings live in rural areas. They live in areas where there are not enough physicians."” — rated Three Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “"There is a fellow back home with a special-needs child. He’s paid over $40,000 a year for his premiums."” — rated Lacks Context by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: “"We protect those with preexisting conditions…the protection is absolutely the same."” — rated Three Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions."” Mostly False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “With Graham-Cassidy ‘there will be no lifetime caps in many states’” Possible but not certain.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “‘For lots of people, the Graham-Cassidy bill will result in higher premiums’” Likely.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Graham-Cassidy “kicks 30 million Americans off insurance”” Not able to verify.
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Cassidy appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Claimed: “Claimed William Wilberforce in the 18th century "realized that there’s a lot of problems with drunkenness related to gin. And so the way he mitigated that was he pushed the sale of beer."” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Career landmark: United States senator (2017–2019).
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2015· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2015–2017).
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2014· 3 entries
Defeating Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu
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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 el
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Published “A million spiking-neuron integrated circuit with a scalable communication network and interface” in Science — cited 3,648 times.
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2013· 6 entries
Cassidy worked as a gastroenterologist at the facility until it closed in 2013.
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Cassidy circulated a draft letter opposing an immigration reform bill, asking for signatures
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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 chroni
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Cassidy called his donation to Landrieu a "youthful indiscretion", saying that she "got elected and fell into partisan politics
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Career landmark: United States representative (2013–2015).
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In 2013, Cassidy called his donation to Landrieu a "youthful indiscretion", saying that she "got elected and fell into partisan politics...
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2011· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (2011–2013).
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Published “Solutions for a cultivated planet” in Nature — cited 6,895 times.
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2010· 1 entry
Cassidy's alma mater, Louisiana State University, selected him for honoris causa membership in Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society
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2009· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (2009–2011).
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Career landmark: United States representative (2009–2015).
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2008· 1 entry
Cassidy was elected to serve Louisiana's 6th district in the U
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2007· 1 entry
Was reelected to a full four-year term in the Louisiana State Senate
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2006· 3 entries
Cassidy won a special election for the District 16 seat in the Louisiana Senate
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Career landmark: member of the State Senate of Louisiana (2006–2008).
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Cassidy was sworn in on December 20, 2006.
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1998· 1 entry
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
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1988· 1 entry
And donating to Senator Paul Tsongas's 1992 presidential campaign, and to Louisiana Democratic Governor Kathleen Blanco in 2003 and 2004 and Senator Mary Landrieu in 2002
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1987· 1 entry
Followed by a hepatology-gastroenterology fellowship at the same institution in 1989
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1983· 1 entry
Studied at Louisiana State University, Doctor of Medicine (1983).
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1979· 2 entries
And a Doctor of Medicine from LSU School of Medicine in 1983
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Studied at Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Science (1979).
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-09-28.
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