Sen. Tim Scott

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Scott has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Scott is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Tim Scott sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
  • Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
  • Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
• Senate Committee on Finance
  • Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
  • Member, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
  • Member, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
  • Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
• Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Senate Special Committee on Aging

Bills Sponsored

Some of Scott’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• S. 574: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers ...
• S. 265: CHOICE Act
• S.Res. 30: A resolution designating the week of January 25 through January 31, 2015, as ...
• S. 2936: A bill to provide that in the case of leases to local education ...
• S.Res. 511: A resolution establishing best business practices to fully utilize the potential of the ...
• S. 2492: Charity Care Expansion Act of 2014
• S. 2436: Empower Employees Act of 2014

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Mar 2015, Scott missed 18 of 723 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is worse than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills