Rep. James “Jim” Clyburn

District:: South Carolina - District 6
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1993-2015	Representative	South Carolina's 6^th District

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Official Website: http://clyburn.house.gov
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Sponsorship Analysis

Clyburn is a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Clyburn to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1993 to May 2013, Clyburn missed 381 of 13,591 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	7	5.5%	76^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	25	13.2%	91^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	28^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	22^nd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	18^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	41^st
1994 Jul-Sep	142	13	9.2%	83^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	45^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	6	3.2%	64^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	77^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	7	6.4%	80^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	7	3.8%	68^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	7	9.9%	90^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	2	1.1%	36^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	39^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	16^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	77^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	50^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	40^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	67^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	30^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	3	1.5%	48^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	2	1.4%	34^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	66^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	7	2.5%	50^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	30^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	7	6.9%	48^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	39^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	20^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	3	2.0%	47^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	7	3.4%	61^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	60^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	7	7.4%	86^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	12	5.0%	82^nd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	19^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	46^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	15	14.4%	90^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	7	3.2%	58^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	8	5.0%	65^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	18^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	13	4.8%	74^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	53^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	10	6.1%	82^nd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	26^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	58^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	5	1.3%	42^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	31^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	8	3.0%	54^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	9^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	14	4.4%	67^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	9	3.0%	63^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	7	2.6%	64^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	3	1.2%	26^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	4	2.1%	38^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	28^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	36^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	11	11.1%	83^rd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	71^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	56^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	5	3.3%	70^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	23	7.7%	85^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	33^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	53^rd
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	57^th
2013 Apr-May	71	17	23.9%	98^th