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)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Scott for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Tim Scott sits on the following committees:
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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
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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
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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
Issue Areas
Scott sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (56%) Taxation (12%) Education (8%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Labor and Employment (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Scott’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 3353: RESPECT Act
- S. 3103: Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park Act of 2016
- S. 3057: Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act
- S. 2868: Investing in Opportunity Act
- S. 2707: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
- S.Res. 351: A resolution designating the week of January 24 through January 30, 2016, as ...
- S. 2432: Obamacare Tax Transparency Act
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Scott missed 29 of 1,141 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is worse than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills