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James E. Clyburn

DemocratIn office

South Carolina · District 6 · House 1993–present

  • House Majority Whip (2019–2021)
  • House Majority Whip (2021–2023)
  • Assistant House Minority Leader (2021–2024)
199317 House terms — lighter bands are House, solid are Senatepresent

Voting record by issue

Where this member landed on each issue across their entire career, and how consistent that position stayed over time. Open an issue to see every vote behind the score.

Health Care 279 votes · 78.8/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage
Immigration 141 votes · 72.3/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive
Guns 8 votes · 25/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights
Abortion & Contraception 89 votes · 77.8/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Climate & Energy 148 votes · 59.4/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority
Taxes 214 votes · 59.4/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes
Labor & Wages 198 votes · 93.6/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
Defense & War Powers 402 votes · 67.5/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
Civil Rights 67 votes · 41.4/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
LGBTQ Policy 5 votes · 66.7/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
Voting & Elections 11 votes · 100/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Criminal Justice 345 votes · 67.2/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive
Financial Regulation 281 votes · 67.2/100 consistent
RegulateDeregulate
Trade 107 votes · 63/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.

Education 172 votes · 60.7/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role
Spending & Budget 1,343 votes · 58.5/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

Money & lobbying ties

Political committees that gave to this member’s principal campaign committee.

83 committees, $500,000 total (cycle 2024). Source: FEC Schedule A, line 11C. A contribution is a documented financial relationship — it is not evidence that any vote was influenced by it. Conduit committees such as ActBlue and WinRed appear here as the FEC records them, but they forward earmarked donations from individuals rather than giving money of their own.

CommitteeCycleAmount
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC2024$10,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$10,000
NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$10,000
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY PAC2024$10,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION L...2024$10,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)2024$10,000
CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION2024$10,000
POWERPAC OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE2024$10,000
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND2024$10,000
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PAC I2024$10,000
UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$10,000
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION PAC (NCTAPAC)2024$10,000
IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND2024$10,000
NUCOR CORPORATION PAC2024$10,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS2024$10,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC2024$10,000
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC2024$10,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND2024$5,000
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC2024$5,000
KELLEY DRYE & WARREN PAC2024$5,000
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL PAC2024$5,000
AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T2024$5,000
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND2024$5,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES ACEC PAC2024$5,000
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL PAC2024$5,000

Industry rollups are not shown

This would be powered by OpenSecrets, which this project does not use. It moved behind a paid subscription, and no free source codes contributors by industry. Rather than guess an industry from a committee name, the filings are shown exactly as the FEC records them. It would otherwise show these committees grouped into industries and sectors.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
  • Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesRanking Member

Full term history

YearsChamberStatePartyCongress
1993–1995HouseSC-6Democrat103–104
1995–1997HouseSC-6Democrat104–105
1997–1999HouseSC-6Democrat105–106
1999–2001HouseSC-6Democrat106–107
2001–2003HouseSC-6Democrat107–108
2003–2005HouseSC-6Democrat108–109
2005–2007HouseSC-6Democrat109–110
2007–2009HouseSC-6Democrat110–111
2009–2011HouseSC-6Democrat111–112
2011–2013HouseSC-6Democrat112–113
2013–2015HouseSC-6Democrat113–114
2015–2017HouseSC-6Democrat114–115
2017–2019HouseSC-6Democrat115–116
2019–2021HouseSC-6Democrat116–117
2021–2023HouseSC-6Democrat117–118
2023–2025HouseSC-6Democrat118–119
2025–presentHouseSC-6Democrat119–120