Service history
19 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2008
- Representative LA-1 2008–present
Background
- background Born October 6, 1965
- background Louisiana House of Representatives (3 terms), Louisiana State Senate
- role U.S. representative for Louisiana's 1st district (since 2008)
- role House majority whip (2014–2019), minority whip (2019–2023)
- role House majority leader (since 2023)
- controversy Shot and seriously wounded June 14, 2017; returned September 28
Campaign finance
2026 cycle
Incumbent for U.S. House LA-01 · 2026 General Election
- $10,638,030 raised
- $10,883,241 spent
- $3,885,942 cash on hand
Data from FEC (through Jul 18, 2026)
Track record
Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source
- Roll-call participation →
voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%
Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
- Bills sponsored →
plus 6 cosponsored
A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
- Sponsored bills enacted →
of 3 bills sponsored
Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
- Documented positions →
no positions documented yet
Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
- Committee assignments →
none on record
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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Steve Scalise. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.
Voting record
Data from Congress.gov roll-call records
Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls
Top contributors (FEC)
Outside spending on this race
Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures
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Issue positions (1)
Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills
- Economy & TaxesFull support from votes
Documented relationships
Documented facts about Scalise, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.
No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.
Frequent co-sponsors
Connections network
Sponsored / cosponsored bills (9)
- HR 7296SAVE America ActcosponsoredJan 29, 2026
- HR 6963To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the "Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA Clinic".cosponsoredJan 6, 2026
- HCONRES 58Denouncing the horrors of socialism.cosponsoredOct 23, 2025
- HRES 719Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.cosponsoredSep 15, 2025
- HR 4Rescissions Act of 2025sponsoredJun 5, 2025
- HR 21Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection ActcosponsoredJan 2, 2025
- HRES 2To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.sponsoredJan 2, 2025
- HRES 3Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.sponsoredJan 2, 2025
- HR 2898Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011cosponsoredSep 11, 2011
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