Retire through Ownership Act
House roll call 314 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Result: Passed
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House · SC · Democratic
Open full interactive profile ↗James E. Clyburn
District 6th · Office phone: (202) 225-3315
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Career and professional background
- Education
graduated from Mather Academy, Camden, S.C., 1957
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B.A., South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, S.C., 1961
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teacher
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newspaper publisher
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employment counselor, South Carolina state employment security commission, 1965-1966
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director, Charleston County, S.C., neighborhood youth corps and new careers projects, 1966-1968
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executive director, South Carolina state commission for farm workers, 1968-1971
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staff, Governor John C. West of South Carolina, 1971-1974
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South Carolina human affairs commissioner, 1974-1992
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elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present)
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chair, House Democratic Caucus (One Hundred Ninth Congress)
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majority whip (One Hundred Tenth, One Hundred Eleventh, One Hundred Sixteenth, and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses)
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assistant Democratic leader (One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses, and One Hundred Eighteenth Congress)
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awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joseph R. Biden Jr., 2024.
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Background retrieved Nov 5, 2026. Imported facts and biography excerpts are source-attributed, not individually reviewed claims. Career facts do not establish current employment, holdings or income.
Recent recorded congressional votes
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Water Resources Development Act
House roll call 313 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Ratepayer Protection Act
House roll call 312 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗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”
House roll call 311 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗PROOF Act
House roll call 310 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
House roll call 309 · Sep 16, 2026
On Passage · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
House roll call 308 · Sep 16, 2026
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
House roll call 307 · Sep 15, 2026
On Agreeing to the Resolution · Result: Passed
Official roll call ↗Reported campaign finances
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FEC record H2SC02042
2026 cycle · Reporting through 10/14/2026
- Reported receipts
- $1,687,458
- Disbursements
- $1,698,874
- Cash on hand
- $1,827,711
- Debts owed
- $0
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