Representative · South Carolina's 6th district

James E. Clyburn

James E. Clyburn is a Democratic representative for South Carolina's 6th district, in Congress since 1993. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 9, and cast 454 of 465 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 5, 1993
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6751.3%9 of 675 · rank 278 of 43998%454 of 465 · rank 266 of 43930 became law10%7 of 69
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2221.4%17 of 1,222 · rank 288 of 44299%838 of 846 · rank 98 of 44280 became law13%15 of 112
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9971.9%19 of 997 · rank 138 of 44399%563 of 568 · rank 124 of 443181 became law14%10 of 70

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.47+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  2. H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
  3. H.R. 5625: Cashless Bail Reporting ActYea
    May 14, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–116· Against party
  4. H.Con.Res. 96: Expressing support for law enforcement officers.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 243–173· Against party
  5. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  6. H.R. 7084: Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026Yea
    Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164· Against party
  7. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Yea
    Feb 3, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 217–214· Against party
  8. H.Con.Res. 58: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.Yea
    Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

29 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1966%
  2. Reported by committee26.9%
  3. Passed one chamber724%
  4. Became law13.4%

Policy areas

  1. Government Operations and Politics6
  2. Congress4
  3. Public Lands and Natural Resources4
  4. Crime and Law Enforcement3
  5. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2
  6. Foreign Trade and International Finance2
  7. Armed Forces and National Security1
  8. Arts, Culture, Religion1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 9269 Renewing the African American Civil Rights Network Act
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Sep 15, 2026
  2. H.R. 8078 Voter Empowerment Act of 2026
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Mar 25, 2026
  3. H.R. 3868 Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2025
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jun 10, 2025
  4. H.R. 2883 Domestic Reinvestment Act of 2023
    Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Dec 17, 2024
  5. H.R. 10084 Renewing the African American Civil Rights Network Act
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Nov 19, 2024
  6. H.R. 9727 Voter Empowerment Act of 2024
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 20, 2024
  7. H.R. 8607 VA Housing Loan Forever Act of 2024
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 12, 2024
  8. H.R. 6239 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 250 Edward Street in Branchville, South Carolina, as the "Betty W. Henderson Post Office Building".
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Nov 6, 2023

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to South Carolina's 6th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.8B
Per resident
$2,410
Rank in South Carolina
2 of 7
Contract actions
5,541
New awards: 2,227

By fiscal year

  1. 1.2BFY2017
  2. 1.8BFY2018
  3. 1.7BFY2019
  4. 1.8BFY2020
  5. 1.6BFY2021
  6. 1.7BFY2022
  7. 1.9BFY2023
  8. 1.9BFY2024
  9. 2.2BFY2025
  10. 1.8BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Coast Guard$518.3M29%
    Department of Homeland Security
  2. Department of the Navy$493.5M27%
    Department of Defense
  3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$243.6M13%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Department of the Army$116.6M6.4%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$115.5M6.4%
  6. Department of the Air Force$68.4M3.8%
    Department of Defense
  7. Department of State$57.9M3.2%
  8. Defense Logistics Agency$34M1.9%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. BRASFIELD & GORRIE LLC$331.5M18%
    2 awards
  2. DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC$207.3M11%
    20 awards
  3. PALMETTO GBA, LLC$168.6M9.3%
    16 awards
  4. WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE$117.5M6.5%
    2 awards
  5. COMPANION DATA SERVICES LLC$82.5M4.6%
    1 award
  6. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION$55M3.0%
    17 awards
  7. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$33.3M1.8%
    13 awards
  8. INTEGRATED FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS, LLC.$29.7M1.6%
    43 awards
  9. EOS INC$29.6M1.6%
    164 awards
  10. PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION$28.1M1.6%
    10 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.2M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.6M
From committees
$836.2K
208 committees
From contractor PACs
$245.4K
59 PACs · 29% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$10KINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
fluor corporationfluor corporation political action committee (fluor pac)$10KFLUOR-BWXT PORTSMOUTH LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$1.7M
duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac)$10KDUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$17.5M
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$10KNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$10KHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$10KPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac$10KDOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$25.5K
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$10KCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$7,500AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
jpmorgan chase & co.jpmorgan chase & co. federal political action committee$7,000JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.5M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.2M$836.2K$245.4K59 PACs · 29% of committee money
2024$2.2M$1.4M$344.8K77 PACs · 24% of committee money
2022$3.6M$2M$512.4K102 PACs · 26% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  11. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  12. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  13. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  14. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  15. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999
  16. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  17. House · South Carolina's 6th districtJan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
clyburn.house.gov
Phone
202-225-3315
Office
274 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.