The Baton Rouge Advocate reports on Cassidy's meeting with the West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, where he discussed how federal deficits, taxes, and regulation are preventing economic growth and job creation.  At the meeting, Cassidy was presented with the Chamber's "Spirit of Enterprise Award," which is given to lawmakers who have a record of standing up for free enterprise and advancing pro-growth economic policies. Read more...

Citizens Against Government Waste, one of the nation’s premier government spending watchdogs, named Louisiana Congressman Bill Cassidy a ‘Taxpayer Hero’ for his record of “standing shoulder-to-shoulder with taxpayers and working to cut wasteful federal spending and taxes.” Read more...

In an OpEd published in the Washington Examiner, Rep. Bill Cassidy asks why his amendment to create a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the BP oil spill, which passed unanimously in the Natural Resources Committee, was stripped from the bill by Speaker Pelosi. Read more...

In an OpEd published in The Hill, Rep. Bill Cassidy explains that the CLEAR Act, which is billed as a response to the oil spill, "has much less to do with preventing another spill than it does preventing domestic energy production and destroying jobs." Read more...

"The Sunlight Foundation lauds Senators Coburn (R-OK), Feingold (D-WI), Gillibrand (D-NY) and McCain (R-AZ) in the Senate and Representatives Cassidy (R-LA) and Speier (D-CA) in the House for introducing landmark legislation today that would require Congress to create an online, searchable database for all earmark requests." Read more...

"U.S. House Republicans agreed Thursday to a one-year ban on members requesting special projects for their districts -- known as earmarks -- a move that could have a significant financial impact for Louisiana with its Republican-laden House delegation." Read more...

"The [Coastal Conservation Association] also named U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, as its Conservationist of the Year." Read more...

"Americans have rejected health care proposals advanced in the House and Senate because they will not lower costs. It is my experience working in a public hospital that when costs are out of control, access to quality care suffers. This is also the experience of Britain's National Health Service and Health Canada. Unless costs are lowered, it is impossible to provide universal access to quality care without bankrupting the country. To lower costs, empower patients." Read more...