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James E. Clyburn
U.S. Representative, South Carolina
274 Cannon House Office Building
Summary
James Enos Clyburn is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district. First elected in 1992, Clyburn is serving his 17th term, representing a congressional district that includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Columbia and Charleston, as well as most of the majority-black areas outside Beaufort and nearly all of South Carolina's share of the Black Belt. Since Joe Cunningham's departure in 2021, Clyburn has been the only Democrat in South Carolina's congressional delegation as well as the dean of the state's delegation since 2011 after fellow Democrat John Spratt lost re-election.
Source: Wikipedia · as of Jul 7, 2026
Views on the Issues
See where Rep. Clyburn stands — alongside Democratic and Republican positions.
Sponsored Legislation
See all 123 →HR 9269
HR 9269 · Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Jun 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
HR 8078
HR 8078 · Introduced Mar 25, 2026 · Government Operations and Politics
Mar 25, 2026: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HR 3868
HR 3868 · Introduced Jun 10, 2025 · Crime and Law Enforcement
Jun 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 10084
HR 10084 · Introduced Nov 1, 2024 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Nov 19, 2024: Subcommittee Hearings Held
HR 9727
HR 9727 · Introduced Sep 20, 2024 · Government Operations and Politics
Sep 20, 2024: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HR 8607
HR 8607 · Introduced Jun 4, 2024 · Armed Forces and National Security
Jun 12, 2024: Subcommittee Hearings Held
HR 6239
HR 6239 · Introduced Nov 6, 2023 · Government Operations and Politics
Nov 6, 2023: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
HR 3849
HR 3849 · Introduced Jun 6, 2023 · Energy
Jul 10, 2023: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
HRES 453
HRES 453 · Introduced May 26, 2023 · Congress
Jun 13, 2023: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Clyburn. Petition No: 118-3. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2023061303?CongressNum=118">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures)
HR 2883
HR 2883 · Introduced Apr 26, 2023 · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Dec 17, 2024: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Source: Congress.gov · as of Jul 7, 2026
Voting Analytics
Full record →Computed over Rep. Clyburn's 584 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress, of which 407were party-split (the two parties' majorities on opposite sides). Unanimous votes are excluded so the rates aren't inflated.
98%
Votes with the Democratic majority
On party-split votes
2%
Votes with the other party
The bipartisanship read
1.4%
Missed votes
Chamber median 2.2% · at or below median
Placement on the House's left–right spectrum
More liberalMore conservative
Based on how often Rep. Clyburn sided with the Republican majority on party-split votes, ranked against all representatives. This is a vote-agreement placement, not an academic ideology score.
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House (roll-call votes) · as of Sep 9, 2025
Landmark Legislation
Major bills from recent Congresses — outcomes and party vote breakdowns. For Rep. Clyburn's individual votes, view their full record on Congress.gov.
Inflation Reduction Act
Enacted2022 · H.R. 5376Largest climate investment in U.S. history; allowed Medicare to negotiate drug prices; reduced the federal deficit.
D: 50 yeaR: 0 yeaFinal: 51–50
CHIPS Act
Enacted2022 · H.R. 4346Invested $52 billion in domestic semiconductor manufacturing to reduce dependence on foreign chip supply chains.
D: 47 yeaR: 17 yeaFinal: 64–33