Senator · South Carolina
Tim Scott
Tim Scott is a Republican senator from South Carolina, in Congress since 2011. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 27, and cast 818 of 819 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 5, 2011
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2029
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.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressSenate | 915 | 3.0%27 of 915 · rank 37 of 101 | 100%818 of 819 · rank 14 of 101 | 691 became law | 18%33 of 185 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 22.1%153 of 691 · rank 2 of 101 | 99%433 of 438 · rank 42 of 101 | 540 became law | 27%68 of 248 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 2.0%19 of 949 · rank 57 of 100 | 96%725 of 755 · rank 68 of 100 | 521 became law | 34%115 of 342 |
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 (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1+0.63+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.
- Mar 14, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 27–73· Against party
- Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50· Against party
- May 19, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 71–27· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
- Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
- Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
175 sponsored · 2 became law
How far they got
- Introduced14281%
- Reported by committee74.0%
- Passed one chamber2313%
- Became law21.1%
- Failed10.6%
Policy areas
- Health30
- Education29
- Finance and Financial Sector24
- Taxation13
- International Affairs11
- Commerce9
- Immigration7
- Labor and Employment7
Latest activity
- S.Res. 947 A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month".Passed one chamber· Sep 30, 2026
- S.Res. 940 A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.Passed one chamber· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 5641 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the meaning and eligibility of energy communities for purposes of the increased renewable electricity production and increased clean electricity investment credit rates, and for other purposes.Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 5552 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for American film and television productions, and for other purposes.Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
- S. 5551 A bill to promote United States and allied energy and mineral security, and for other purposes.Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
- S. 5527 Birth Tourism Elimination ActIntroduced· Sep 24, 2026
- S. 5096 Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth ActIntroduced· Families· Jul 23, 2026
- S. 4767 Renewing the African American Civil Rights Network ActIntroduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Jul 21, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
- Digital AssetsEx OfficioEconomic PolicyEx OfficioSecurities, Insurance, and InvestmentEx Officio
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
- $5.3M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $4.9M
- From committees
- $214.3K
- 70 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $30K
- 13 PACs · 14% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| samsung electronics america incsamsung electronics america inc political action committee | $5,000 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $3.7M |
| eaton corporationeaton corporation public policy association | $2,500 | EATON CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $500 |
| state street bank and trust companystate street bank and trust company voluntary political action committee | $2,500 | STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $0 |
| delta airlinesdelta air lines pac | $2,500 | DELTA AIR LINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $8.9M |
| dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac | $2,500 | DOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $25.5K |
| chs inc.chs inc. political action committee | $2,500 | CHS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $76.7M |
| wsp usa inc.wsp usa inc. pac | $2,500 | WSP USA INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $5.8M |
| the timken companythe timken company good government fund | $2,500 | THE TIMKEN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $3.3M |
| at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac) | $2,000 | AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | -$3,412 |
| cummins inc.cummins inc. political action committee (cipac) | $2,000 | CUMMINS INCAI match · 99% · the same organization | $11.3M |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $5.3M | $214.3K | $30K13 PACs · 14% of committee money |
| 2024 | $18.9M | -$159.7K | $122.1K32 PACs · — of committee money |
| 2022 | $43.1M | $2.5M | $688.4K142 PACs · 28% 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.
- Senate · South CarolinaJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2029
- Senate · South CarolinaJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023
- Senate · South CarolinaJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- Senate · South CarolinaJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · South Carolina's 1st districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 2, 2013
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.scott.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-6121
- Office
- 104 Hart Senate Office Building
- Contact form
- Contact form
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.