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Tim Scott

Tim Scott

Republican · SC U.S. Senator

16 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2011

  • background Born September 19, 1965 in Charleston; businessman in financial services
  • role Charleston County Council (1995–2009), South Carolina General Assembly (2009–2011)
  • role U.S. House from South Carolina's 1st district (2011–2013)
  • role U.S. senator from South Carolina (since 2013); reelected 2016, 2022
  • achievement First African-American senator in Southern US elected; longest-serving African-American senator
  • achievement First African-American in both House and Senate; first to chair full Senate committee

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 97.8%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 46 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 69
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 184 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 69 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 25 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    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.

  • 15
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Tim Scott. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

97.8%
of Senate roll calls voted

Full voting record (46 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 46 of 915 recorded roll calls

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Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • S 5641A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 947A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month".sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 946A resolution designating September 30, 2026, as "National Veterans Suicide Prevention Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 940A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 934A resolution designating October 10, 2026, as "American Girls in Sports Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5616A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the treatment of digital assets.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5585A bill to require a pilot program to support members of the Armed Forces and military families transitioning to civilian life, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • SRES 926A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Literacy Month".cosponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • SRES 913A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • S 5552A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for American film and television productions, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5551A bill to promote United States and allied energy and mineral security, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5527Birth Tourism Elimination ActsponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • SRES 897A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 891A resolution designating the week of September 27, 2026, through October 3, 2026, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5425Addiction Grants Modernization ActcosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • SRES 837A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5252BLADE ActcosponsoredAug 4, 2026
  • SRES 824A resolution designating August 1, 2026, as "Gold Star Children's Day".cosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • S 5116MERIT ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • S 5096Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth ActsponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • S 5025Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • SRES 801A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.sponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • S 4882ICTS Supply Chain Security Act of 2026sponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • SRES 786A resolution designating July 15, 2026, as "Glioblastoma Awareness Day".cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • S 4843Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
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Committee assignments (15)

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Scott most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Scott, 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.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Scott connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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