James E. Clyburn SC Democratic Representative

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Mr. James E. Clyburn
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South Carolina District 06
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Here we go again. As soon as the midterm elections pass, Trump is reportedly planning to restart intense military actions in Iran. That’s likely going to mean even higher gas prices than we have now. Americans are sick and tired of paying the price for Trump’s dumb war. https://t.co/yMNjeN7If1

💬 9🔁 9❤ 8Oct 28, 2026

Trump bragged about oil companies profiting from the high gas prices caused by his war. Trump himself is profiting from his investments in oil companies. Now he’s moving to make it even easier for these companies to grow their profits by weakening rules designed to stop harmful pollutants from leaking into the air. https://t.co/whxI15SQ0T

💬 12🔁 51❤ 70Oct 28, 2026

In Trump’s America, if you’re a criminal who’s been ordered to pay restitution to victims, you can get out of it if you’re wealthy and well-connected to the White House. Trump’s pardons and commutations have wiped out $1.1 billion in fines and restitution. As usual, Trump sided with the criminals and left victims empty-handed. https://t.co/uVOazpU6oZ

💬 14🔁 38❤ 39Oct 27, 2026

When Trump says the U.S. is “making money like we’ve never made before” off high gas prices, he means HE is making a ton of money off high gas prices. This war is leaving you with less money. It’s leaving Trump with more.

💬 38🔁 16❤ 40Oct 26, 2026

Election Day is just over a week away! South Carolina’s early voting locations are open this week Monday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Election Day polling places will be open Tuesday, November 3, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mail ballots must reach your county voter registration office by 7 p.m. on Election Day, so mail yours today or tomorrow to help ensure it arrives on time. If you haven’t already, make your plan to vote!

💬 20🔁 15❤ 34Oct 26, 2026

Donald Trump and his friends have looted our government for their own benefit. The American people know exactly what’s happening. Democrats will investigate their corruption. https://t.co/NLR3JUgQ1i

💬 108🔁 12❤ 47Oct 23, 2026

Yet another example of the people in Trump’s orbit rushing to cash in on his presidency. Trump’s former personal lawyer and U.S. attorney for New Jersey secured a $50 million employment deal from the family of a Venezuelan billionaire banker seeking a pardon. Weeks after starting her new job, Trump pardoned the banker. This administration is rotten to the core and must be investigated. https://t.co/ldYhVDHRBu

💬 15🔁 13❤ 41Oct 22, 2026

Russia has murdered over 17,000 civilians in Ukraine. They’ve abducted over 20,000 children. Trump and his administration are quick to praise Russia and Putin but never miss an opportunity to criticize Zelenksy and undermine Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. Which side are they on?

💬 233🔁 193❤ 598Oct 21, 2026

Secret Service resources → $415M for White House Ballroom Construction Missile modernization program → Renovation of Trump’s Qatari-gifted jet DHS commemorative activities → $20M for pro-Trump television ads If anyone needs to be investigated for fraud, it needs to be President Trump.

💬 11🔁 12❤ 43Oct 21, 2026

This administration thinks so little of the American people. They start a senseless war that sends farmers’ diesel prices soaring, and then pretend to rescue them from the prices they drove up. American farmers are not stupid.

💬 28🔁 29❤ 92Oct 21, 2026

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Voting record, 119th Congress

98.7%Attendance667 of 676 roll calls cast

9Roll calls missedAnswered “present” 2 times (counted as cast)

97.6%Voted with the Democratic majorityon the 471 party-line votes

10+Yea or Nay against the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Democratic majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority.

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 16, 2026	S. 2403Retire through Ownership Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9497Water Resources Development Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9340Ratepayer Protection Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.J.Res. 213Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 10326PROOF Act	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9576National Fraud Enforcement Division Act	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 5334An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments	Yea	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.Con.Res. 93Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.J.Res. 210Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.R. 9500Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 5334An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes	Yea	Nay
Sep 15, 2026	H.Res. 1486Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors	Yea	Nay
Jul 15, 2026	H.R. 8595	Nay	Yea
May 14, 2026	H.R. 5625Cashless Bail Reporting Act	Yea	Nay
May 13, 2026	H.Con.Res. 96Expressing support for law enforcement officers	Yea	Nay
May 13, 2026	H.R. 1346Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act	Yea	Nay
Mar 27, 2026	H.R. 7084Defending American Property Abroad Act	Yea	Nay
Feb 3, 2026	H.R. 7148Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Nay
Nov 21, 2025	H.Con.Res. 58Denouncing the horrors of socialism	Yea	Nay
Jan 23, 2025	H.R. 471Fix Our Forests Act	Yea	Nay

Source: Congress.gov API · through the House’s last vote, Sep 16, 2026 · House Clerk roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

3Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

71Cosponsored

0Sponsored that became law0 sponsored or cosponsored became law

7Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

33.3%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues	10
Crime and Law Enforcement	8
Government Operations and Politics	8
Health	7
Armed Forces and National Security	6

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

96.3%With the Democratic majorityon 461 issue votes

6Against both partiesmost Democrats and most Republicans voted the other way

11With the Republican majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Democratic majority	Against both parties	With the Republican majority	Rank among Democrats
Economics and Public Finance	59	96.6%	0	2	118th of 219
Armed Forces and National Security	57	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (33)
Crime and Law Enforcement	29	86.2%	2	2	135th of 213
Energy	27	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (130)
Government Operations and Politics	26	88.5%	1	2	138th of 214
Commerce	25	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (73)
Environmental Protection	25	96.0%	0	1	109th of 213
International Affairs	25	96.0%	0	1	80th of 213
Public Lands and Natural Resources	24	95.8%	0	1	146th of 213
Finance and Financial Sector	23	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (68)
Congress	22	95.5%	1	0	71st of 213
Immigration	15	93.3%	0	1	127th of 211
Agriculture and Food	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (137)
Education	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (115)
Science, Technology, Communications	12	91.7%	1	0	109th of 198
Other issues (15)Fewer than 10 votes each: Taxation, Transportation and Public Works, Emergency Management, Labor and Employment, Health, Law, Native Americans, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Housing and Community Development, Animals, Social Welfare, Families, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Water Resources Development, Arts, Culture, Religion	66	97.0%	1	1	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Democratic majority most often on that issue, among House Democrats who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Economics and Public Finance · 2

Jul 15, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 8595 · Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay; most Democrats voted Yea, most Republicans Nay. Also voting Nay: 97 other Democrats.
Feb 3, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7148 · Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 20 other Democrats.

Crime and Law Enforcement · 4

Sep 16, 2026 · H.R. 9576 · National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 71 other Democrats.
May 14, 2026 · H.R. 5625 · Cashless Bail Reporting Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 95 other Democrats.
May 13, 2026 · H.Con.Res. 96 · Expressing support for law enforcement officers
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 28 other Democrats.
Jun 12, 2025 · S. 331 · HALT Fentanyl Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 102 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Thomas Massie.

Government Operations and Politics · 3

Sep 15, 2026 · Motion to table H.Res. 1486 · Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 17 other Democrats.
Nov 21, 2025 · H.Con.Res. 58 · Denouncing the horrors of socialism
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 85 other Democrats.
Sep 19, 2025 · H.Res. 719 · Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 57 other Democrats.

Environmental Protection · 1

May 13, 2026 · H.R. 1346 · Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 94 other Democrats.

International Affairs · 1

Sep 16, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 5334 · An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 57 other Democrats.

Public Lands and Natural Resources · 1

Jan 23, 2025 · H.R. 471 · Fix Our Forests Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 63 other Democrats.

Congress · 1

Nov 19, 2025 · H.Res. 893 · Censuring Representative Cory Mills and Removing Him From the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 94 other Democrats; 8 Republicans: Lauren Boebert, Tim Burchett, Kat Cammack, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Harriet Hageman, Anna Paulina Luna, Nancy Mace, Joe Wilson.

Immigration · 1

Jan 16, 2025 · H.R. 30 · Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 60 other Democrats.

Science, Technology, Communications · 1

Jul 14, 2026 · H.R. 139 · Sunshine Protection Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 94 other Democrats; 22 Republicans.

Transportation and Public Works · 1

Mar 27, 2026 · H.R. 7084 · Defending American Property Abroad Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 40 other Democrats.

Health · 1

Jun 4, 2025 · H.R. 2483 · SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 29 other Democrats; 27 Republicans.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 468 of the House’s 676 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (208): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. “With the Democratic majority” counts every issue vote on which most Democrats voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Democrats and most Republicans voted one way and this member the other. “With the Republican majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Republicans. Independents count with the party they caucus with.

Source: votes: Congress.gov API / Clerk of the House · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 16, 2026

Committee assignments

Committee	Role	Side	Seniority rank
House Committee on Appropriations	Member	Minority	4
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies	Ranking Member	Minority	1
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies	Member	Minority	4
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies	Member	Minority	2

Seniority rank is the member’s order among their own party’s members on that committee; 1 is the most senior.

Source: congress-legislators (CC0) · as of Oct 27, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2025–present	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
118th Congress	2023–2025	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
117th Congress	2021–2023	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
116th Congress	2019–2021	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
115th Congress	2017–2019	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
114th Congress	2015–2017	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
113th Congress	2013–2015	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
112th Congress	2011–2013	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
111th Congress	2009–2011	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
110th Congress	2007–2009	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
109th Congress	2005–2007	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
108th Congress	2003–2005	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
107th Congress	2001–2003	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
106th Congress	1999–2001	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
105th Congress	1997–1999	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
104th Congress	1995–1997	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6
103rd Congress	1993–1995	House of Representatives	Representative	South Carolina (SC)	6

Elections

Elected to the 103d Congress on November 3, 1992; reelected to each succeeding Congress.¹

The election history as listed in the Congressional Directory.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Overview Donors Disclosures

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

$1,687,458Raised

$1,698,874Spent

$1,827,711Cash on hand

$0Debts owed by the campaign

Where the money came from

Source	Amount	Share
Individuals, itemizeddonors giving more than $200 in the cycle, named in filings	$480,364	28.5%
Individuals, unitemized$200 or less in the cycle, not named	$193,392	11.5%
PACs and other committees	$960,991	56.9%
Party committees	$0	0.0%
All other receiptstransfers, loans, refunds and offsets	$52,711	3.1%

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported by groups not tied to the campaign: $0 supporting this candidate, $0 opposing. Details on FEC.gov

More on this campaign’s money

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Contribution size	Amount	Share
$200 and under	$236,041	47.2%
$200.01 to $499.99	$20,710	4.1%
$500 to $999.99	$50,192	10.0%
$1,000 to $1,999.99	$98,200	19.6%
$2,000 and over	$95,000	19.0%

From the FEC’s contribution-size summary, which is compiled separately from the campaign’s totals, so these rows need not add up to the individual receipts on the Overview.

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

State	Amount
SC (home state)	$101,299
DC	$61,685
MD	$30,235
VA	$16,008
NY	$13,641
CA	$12,688
IL	$8,073
TX	$7,307
NC	$4,815
MA	$4,791

Top employers of individual donors

Employer named by donors	Amount
MICROSOFT	$9,035
PSP PARTNERS	$7,000
SEIU	$5,000
HOLLIDAY ASSOCIATES, LLC	$4,225
NULL	$3,500
WILLOUGHBY & HOEFER	$3,500
K&R FARM	$3,500
ACM	$3,500
HPI	$3,500
MOTA DESIGN	$3,500

Contributions from individuals who listed that employer, itemized only. Companies themselves cannot give to a federal candidate’s campaign.

Entries that name no employer, as written on the filings: SELF-EMPLOYED $43,492 · RETIRED $29,093 · NONE $10,776 · SELF EMPLOYED $5,718 · SELF $4,143.

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Personal financial disclosures

Filed	Covers	Filing	Document
May 15, 2026	2025	Annual report	PDF

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

None filed in 2025 or 2026.

The annual report lists assets, income and debts for the prior year and is due May 15; an extension of up to 90 days is allowed. A periodic transaction report lists a trade of more than $1,000 and is due within 45 days of it.

Source: Clerk of the House, financial disclosures · as of Oct 27, 2026

Profile External Sources

Profile

Facts from official records. The small numbers open each fact’s source.

At a glance

Born	July 21, 1940^1,2
Birthplace	Sumter, SC^1,2
Home town listed	Columbia, SC¹
Party	Democratic¹
In the House since	January 3, 1993²

Education

B.S., history, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, 1962
attended University of South Carolina Law School, Columbia, SC, 1972-74

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Professional history

Teacher
Counselor, South Carolina Employment Security Commission, 1965-66
Director, Neighborhood Youth Corps and New Careers, 1966-68
Executive director, South Carolina Commission for Farm Workers, Inc., 1968-71
Assistant, South Carolina Governor John C. West, 1971-74
Commissioner, South Carolina State Human Affairs, 1974-92

As the member’s office lists it in the Congressional Directory, in that order.¹

Biographical Directory entry

CLYBURN, James Enos, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Sumter, Sumter County, S.C., July 21, 1940; graduated from Mather Academy, Camden, S.C., 1957; B.A., South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, S.C., 1961; teacher; newspaper publisher; employment counselor, South Carolina state employment security commission, 1965-1966; director, Charleston County, S.C., neighborhood youth corps and new careers projects, 1966-1968; executive director, South Carolina state commission for farm workers, 1968-1971; staff, Governor John C. West of South Carolina, 1971-1974; South Carolina human affairs commissioner, 1974-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present); chair, House Democratic Caucus (One Hundred Ninth Congress); majority whip (One Hundred Tenth, One Hundred Eleventh, One Hundred Sixteenth, and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses); assistant Democratic leader (One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses, and One Hundred Eighteenth Congress); awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joseph R. Biden Jr., 2024.²

The official summary kept by the House and Senate historians, word for word.

Offices

Washington, DC

274 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4006
202-225-3315

Local offices

City	Address	Phone
Columbia, SC	1225 Lady St., Suite 200	803-799-1100
Kingstree, SC	130 W. Main St.	843-355-1211
Santee, SC	176 Municipal Way	803-854-4700
Sumter, SC	129 South Harvin Street	803-883-5020

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

Last 10 votes cast

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Bills, 119th Congress

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Committee assignments

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

Elections

Sources

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

Where the money came from

Outside spending

More on this campaign’s money

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

Top employers of individual donors

Personal financial disclosures

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

Profile

At a glance

Education

Professional history

Biographical Directory entry

Offices

Sources

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