James E Jim Clyburn

Voted against the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which reduced Medicaid and food-assistance spending while extending and changing federal tax provisions. The House passed it 218-214.

July 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which funded clean energy, lowered some prescription-drug costs, extended health-insurance subsidies, and established a corporate minimum tax.

August 12, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for the Honoring our PACT Act, expanding health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins. The House passed it 256-174.

March 3, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for the American Rescue Plan, which funded pandemic relief, health programs, schools, families, and state and local governments. The House passed it 219-212.

February 27, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for the Affordable Care Act, which barred major insurance practices such as lifetime coverage limits and denials for children with pre-existing conditions. The House passed it 219-212.

March 21, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which funded clean energy, lowered some prescription-drug costs, extended health-insurance subsidies, and established a corporate minimum tax.

August 12, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

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Helped broker House passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which directed more than $6 billion to South Carolina for roads, bridges, water, transit, airports, broadband, electric-vehicle charging, and cybersecurity.

November 5, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

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His Rural Energy Savings Program proposal became law through the 2014 Farm Bill, creating a federal loan program for home energy-efficiency improvements repaid through utility bills.

February 7, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

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Helped negotiate a federal appropriations law that directed $227 million to South Carolina projects involving water systems, colleges, public safety, and rural communities.

February 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which reduced Medicaid and food-assistance spending while extending and changing federal tax provisions. The House passed it 218-214.

July 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for the American Rescue Plan, which funded pandemic relief, health programs, schools, families, and state and local governments. The House passed it 219-212.

February 27, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Received Planned Parenthood Action Fund's endorsement for the 2026 election in South Carolina's 6th Congressional District.

September 14, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted for the Honoring our PACT Act, expanding health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins. The House passed it 256-174.

March 3, 2022Supports National Defense

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Reintroduced the Voter Empowerment Act to require online, automatic, and same-day registration; improve disability access; protect early and absentee voting; and restore voting rights after incarceration.

September 24, 2024Supports Civil Rights

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Won enactment of the Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act, clarifying federal treatment of Catawba lands and supporting the tribe's economic self-sufficiency.

December 27, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, restoring and updating federal review of voting changes in jurisdictions with discrimination records. The House passed it 219-212.

August 24, 2021Supports Civil Rights

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His Reconstruction Era National Historical Park proposal became law, redesignating and expanding federal protection for South Carolina Reconstruction sites and creating a national historic network.

March 12, 2019Supports Civil Rights

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Won enactment of his bill naming the Lake City post office for Frazier B. Baker, a Black postmaster murdered by a white mob in 1898.

January 7, 2019Supports Civil Rights

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Helped reintroduce the Voter Empowerment Act, proposing online and same-day registration, protections against voter caging and deceptive practices, and improved ballot access.

March 19, 2015Supports Civil Rights

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Began serving as South Carolina Human Affairs Commissioner, leading the state agency responsible for enforcing civil-rights and fair-employment laws.

January 1, 1974Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which funded clean energy, lowered some prescription-drug costs, extended health-insurance subsidies, and established a corporate minimum tax.

August 12, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability

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Helped negotiate a federal appropriations law that directed $227 million to South Carolina projects involving water systems, colleges, public safety, and rural communities.

February 3, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Helped broker House passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which directed more than $6 billion to South Carolina for roads, bridges, water, transit, airports, broadband, electric-vehicle charging, and cybersecurity.

November 5, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

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His Rural Energy Savings Program proposal became law through the 2014 Farm Bill, creating a federal loan program for home energy-efficiency improvements repaid through utility bills.

February 7, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted against H.R. 8369, which would have ordered delivery of weapons shipments to Israel that the president had paused. It would have frozen some Pentagon, State Department and White House funds until delivery. The House passed it 224-187.

May 16, 2024Opposes U.S.-Israel Ties

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Voted for H.R. 8034, which approved $26 billion in U.S. taxpayer money: military aid for Israel and funds for U.S. forces nearby. About $9 billion of it was humanitarian aid, and none could go to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It passed 366-58 and became law in April 2024.

April 20, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

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Took an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in July 2022, paid for by the J Street Education Fund, an organization tied to J Street, a group that lobbies Congress for U.S. support of Israel.

July 29, 2022Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

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Voted for H.R. 5323, which gave Israel $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to restock its Iron Dome rocket-defense system. The House passed it 420-9. The money later became law inside a 2022 spending bill.

September 23, 2021Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

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Voted against H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.

September 3, 2026

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Voted against H.R. 6090, which would have told the Education Department to use a set definition of antisemitism in campus discrimination cases. The definition's examples include some statements about Israel. The House passed it 320-91.

May 1, 2024

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Voted against H.R. 6126, which would have sent Israel $14.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money as military aid. To pay for it, the bill would have taken the same amount from extra funding Congress gave the IRS. The House passed it 226-196.

November 2, 2023

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Began another term as Assistant Democratic Leader, serving until March 2024.

January 3, 2023

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Began a second period as House Majority Whip, serving through 2022.

January 3, 2019

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Began serving as Assistant Democratic Leader in the House.

January 3, 2011

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Began his first term as House Majority Whip, becoming the first Black lawmaker to serve multiple terms in that role.

January 4, 2007

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Began representing South Carolina's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House.

January 5, 1993

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