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Tim Scott

U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC

Republican South Carolina since Jan 3, 2023

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC current
South Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SC-1
South Carolina
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 2, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District SC-1
United States
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 2, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.628, social dim. 0.027. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Confirmation: George Holding, of North Carolina, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Not voting Jun 18, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Jun 18, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 616 — A resolution requesting information on Honduras's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Nay Jun 17, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: George Holding to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Yea Jun 17, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michelle Steel, of California, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea Yea Jun 17, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michelle Steel to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea Yea Jun 17, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Yea Jun 16, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 172 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay Jun 16, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 190 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Jun 16, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Justin D. Smith, of Missouri, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit Yea Jun 15, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Justin D. Smith to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit Yea Jun 11, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brock Dahl, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State Yea Jun 11, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brock Dahl to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State Yea Jun 10, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anthony J. Powell, of Kansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas Yea Jun 10, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anthony J. Powell to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas Yea Jun 10, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anthony W. Mattivi, of Kansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas Yea Jun 9, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anthony W. Mattivi to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas Yea Jun 8, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1318 — Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act Yea Jun 5, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Yea Jun 5, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schiff Amdt. No. 5740 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Van Hollen Amdt. No. 5632 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Cassidy Amdt. No. 5812 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Coons Amdt. No. 5457 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,002 recorded contributions totalling $18,211,117. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 992 of 1002 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 581 $14,598,388 80%
Big donor 407 $2,895,384 16%
Super PAC 3 $610,278 3%
Party 1 $10,043 0%
Unclassified 10 $97,024 1%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$1,172,437 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC May 26, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$460,402 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$410,278 TIM SCOTT VICTORY FUND TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Super PAC Sep 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$377,777 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Nov 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$372,201 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC May 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$298,380 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$294,919 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 17, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$227,205 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$211,390 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Nov 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$208,136 ADVANCED PLANNING AND LOGISTICS TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Dec 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$156,425 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$145,969 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC May 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$140,671 TIM SCOTT VICTORY FUND TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$129,056 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$119,696 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (5 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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