Sen. Robert “Bob” Casey
Senator for Pennsylvania
pronounced RAH-bert // KAY-see
Casey is the senior senator from Pennsylvania and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Casey is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 64 years old.
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Casey.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Casey is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Casey has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Apr 23, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Robert “Bob” Casey sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Casey was the primary sponsor of 29 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 3957 (117th): STREAM Act
- S. 5110 (117th): Valley Forge Park Realignment Permit and Promise Act
- S. 3232 (117th): STURDY Act
- S. 4649 (117th): Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022
- S. 4559 (117th): SUPER Act of 2022
- S. 4442 (117th): Public and Federally Assisted Housing Fire Safety Act of 2022
- S. 4431 (117th): Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Does 29 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Casey sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (38%) Social Welfare (13%) Education (10%) Taxation (10%) Labor and Employment (9%) Agriculture and Food (9%) Families (6%) Government Operations and Politics (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Casey recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 4146: Neighborhood Revitalization and Land Banking Act of 2024
- S. 4120: Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act
- S. 4076: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located …
- S. 4005: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an …
- S. 4001: A bill to establish a commission to study the potential transfer of the …
- S. 4002: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to …
- S. 3974: Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2007 to May 2024, Casey missed 66 of 5,763 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills