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U.S. Senator from South Carolina · Class III

Tim Scott

Republican 4th term Up 2028 Chair · Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

100LoyaltyMed 100
97AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 9
1BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2013–now
House 2011–2013
15 years in CongressMore senior than 53% of the Senate
Committees
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chair
  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship 4th majority
  • Finance 5th majority
Age
61

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date2296911869151
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—5402486914

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
International Affairs 15% 3%
Education 10% 12%
Health 14% 19%

StatementsBills

Words go to International Affairs, Health and Education; bills go to Health and Taxation.

  • He talks most about: Education Funding (Education), Housing Affordability (Housing and Community Development), Health Care Coverage (Health), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration).
  • 69 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs CommitteeFull committee
ChairNational Republican Senatorial CommitteeParty leadership · Since Jan 2025
MemberSmall Business and Entrepreneurship Committee4th majority
MemberFinance Committee5th majority

+1 more on Background

Chair of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, more senior than 53% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 15 years in Congress: more senior than 53% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

16% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Scott.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

16% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Hoeven and McCormick.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 57 · expected 50
Action in committee 9 · expected 8
Beyond committee 5 · expected 6.5
Passed Senate 1 · expected 1
Became law 1 · expected 1 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 23 of 100 in the Senate

1.27expected 1.11 · average member 1.00

1 of 57 bills passed the Senate; 1 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 1.27 against a peer median of 1.11.

  • On the move: S. 2301 (out of committee), S. 2651 (out of committee), S.J.Res. 18 (became law).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.63

With his party on all 15 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 1 time (peer median 4).

  • Position: +0.63, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 1 of 181.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Scott$6.7M raised67%18%11%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

85% of what he raised came from individuals; 67% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$6.7M raised, 4% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

17 PACs of the 50 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Lsta42% D
  2. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association46% D
  3. Cuna Mutual Holding Company43% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

24 bills

Scott voted Yea on 8, and sponsored or cosponsored 16 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.