Tim Scott

U.S. Senator · South Carolina · Republican · Chair, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured

1.27· expected 1.48

Meets expectations

Rank 23 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 21 majority-party committee chairs

How far Scott’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

57 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 56 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law (1)

1 overturned federal rules

S.J.Res. 18 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions".Overturns the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule capping overdraft charges at large financial institutions. AI-readBecame law May 9, 2025 · Finance and Financial SectorOverturns a federal rule

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

Became law inside another bill (1)

S.J.Res. 24 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing".Identical bill became law as H.J.Res. 61 · May 23, 2025Via H.J.Res. 61

Scott’s own bill stalled, but the Congressional Research Service lists an identical bill, or one with similar text, that became law. Shown for context; not counted in the score, which follows the Center for Effective Lawmaking. How this works

How Scott’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Scott.

Scott in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

97/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 27 missed of 915

Voted on 888 of 915 roll calls; missed 27. Lower than 65% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

100/ 100

Senate R median 100 · Rank 12 of 53

Sided with the Republican majority on 818 votes that split the parties. Higher than 87% of senators.

75%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

8/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 54% of senators.

0%30%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.63

Republican middle 80%: 0.38 to 0.78

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

Scott’s bills that passed the Senate or further

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Scott’s effectiveness score.

S.J.Res. 18 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions".Overturns the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule capping overdraft charges at large financial institutions. AI-readFinance and Financial Sector · Became law May 9, 2025Substantive109 words Overturns a federal rule

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.