Sen. Robert “Bob” Casey
Former Senator for Pennsylvania
pronounced RAH-bert // KAY-see
Casey was a senator from Pennsylvania and was a Democrat. He served from 2007 to 2024.
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2024 Report Card for Casey.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Casey is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2024 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 legislators sponsored and cosponsored from Jan. 3, 2019 to Dec. 21, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Casey was the primary sponsor of 33 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 3765 (118th): Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024
- S. 4076 (118th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1077 River Road, Suite 1, in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, as the “Susan C. …
- S. 4001 (118th): Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution Act
- S. 2758 (118th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South 8th Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as the “Lieutenant William D. Lebo …
- S. 3957 (117th): STREAM Act
- S. 5110 (117th): Valley Forge Park Realignment Permit and Promise Act
- S. 3232 (117th): STURDY Act
Does 33 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 sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (38%) Social Welfare (12%) Education (9%) Agriculture and Food (9%) Taxation (9%) Labor and Employment (9%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Casey recently introduced the following legislation:
- S.Res. 917 (118th): A resolution recognizing November 2024 as “National Family Caregivers Month”.
- S. 5240 (118th): CARE for Kids Act of 2024
- S. 5266 (118th): Clean Slate Act of 2024
- S. 5187 (118th): Community College Infrastructure Financing Act
- S. 5199 (118th): Fair Flood Protection Act of 2024
- S. 5191 (118th): CREATE Graduates Act
- S. 5185 (118th): Funding Community College Infrastructure Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2007 to Dec 2024, Casey missed 66 of 5,945 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2024. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, 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