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U.S. Representative · South Carolina 6th District
James E. Clyburn
DemocratDistrict D+13119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score44#171 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact James E. Clyburn’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office274 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4006
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 2 signals
- MediumBacks 2 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 1628.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1628 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- WeakBroke with Democrats on 14 of 352 recorded votes on tracked billsVoted against the majority of House Democrats on 14 of the 352 recorded yea/nay votes they cast on tracked bills (4%). The median House Democratic broke on 4%; this member ranks 108 of 214 by break rate.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 33.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Clyburn← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.466 is 0.07 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1001–1050 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1789Promptly Ending Political Prosecutions and Executive Retaliation Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 44 | Middle |
| H.R. 1799Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization ActSummary on Congress.gov |