One of only two black Republicans in Congress, Scott, who knocked off Strom Thurmond’s son en route to winning a House seat in 2010, has Tea Party street cred from voting against the debt ceiling deal. At the same time, he’s got establishment credentials thanks to his spot on the House GOP’s thirteen-person leadership team, which puts him in a room every week with Boehner and Cantor. Read more.
Rep. Tim Scott Weighs ‘Electability Factor’ in GOP Race – WSJ
January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Rep. Tim Scott, a tea-party favorite here whose endorsement looms large over the state’s Republican primary, said Monday he is facing the same dilemma many voters are tried to pick a candidate.
How much does electability matter when picking the party’s candidate?
“You have to throw in the electability factor, that you need to beat Barack Obama, that is still part of the equation,” Mr. Scott told reporters here. “The question is whether or not you believe the contrast is necessary to make the case.” Read more.
Haley, Scott Celebrate Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
S.C. Republican leaders gathered to celebrate the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., before Monday night’s SCGOP Debate.
Gov. Nikki Haley, Congressman Tim Scott, SCGOP Chairman Chad Connelly and historian David Barton spoke to a full room at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center to honor King and highlight the legacy of change in South Carolina. The speakers each highlighted current struggles facing the Republican Party to the important efforts of the famous civil rights leader. Read more.
Register Today for the CARE Symposium
January 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mark your calendars to join me at an incredible opportunity to hear your ideas for solving some of our country’s most serious problems.
The 2012 CARE Symposium is bringing together community and political leaders and citizens with one goal in mind, to strengthen our businesses for economic growth. Government regulations are not only affecting our employment rates, they are reaching beyond into our personal lives.
CARE (Conservatives for American Renewal and Exceptionalism) is hosting its First Annual Symposium, February 17-19 in Hilton Head, SC. Hurry and reserve your room today. Registration is limited to the first 250 people. Visit www.care-symposium.com for details.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of the discussions instead of just hearing about it.
Tim Scott visits Beaufort, promotes three-pronged jobs plan
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Lowcountry residents are probably familiar with U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s perennial campaign slogan, “Joe means jobs.”
Well, it turns out “Tim” means “jobs,” too.
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, who will represent most of Beaufort County if he is reelected in November, pushed his plan to boost the economy during a visit Wednesday. Read more.
Political Rising Stars of 2012: Tim Scott
December 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The South Carolina representative was anointed a star upon his election, when he became one of the first two black Republicans in Congress since 2003. He’s lived up to that promise since arriving in Washington. Read more.
Scott: Less government equals more jobs
October 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott told a roomful of manufacturers Tuesday evening that the government needs to get out of the way to let the private sector create jobs.
Scott, R-S.C., proposed reducing the corporate tax rate, limiting federal regulators and allowing repatriation of profits. He said those three measures would create American jobs.
He spoke during the annual meeting and dinner of the Lowcountry Manufacturers Council at Trident Technical College. About 400 people attended.
Scott said government should lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to somewhere in the 20s and eliminate regulations. Scott criticized the National Labor Relations Board, Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency for “meddling” in the private sector.
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State’s Four Freshmen Congressmen Find Spotlight Together
October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
from the St. Andrews Patch
The comparisons to pop culture icons are inevitable. The Fab Four. The A-Team. The Four Tops. This year the four freshmen Republican congressman from South Carolina—Trey Gowdy (4th District), Tim Scott (1st), Mick Mulvaney (5rd) and Jeff Duncan (3rd)—have found themselves in the national spotlight to a degree that is unprecedented.
And they haven’t wilted from it.
CHANGE!!! for the Better, a Federal PAC, Endorses Scott for Re-election
September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CHANGE!!! for the Better, a Federal PAC, is endorsing Tim Scott for re-election to the United States Congress for the 1st District of South Carolina.
Here’s what CHANGE!!! for the Better wants for South Carolina 1st District voters: An honest representative. A trustworthy person. A person with real experience in life. A person who lives and works and volunteers in his community – his community in South Carolina. A person who cares about people. A person who has paid taxes. A person who has balanced a budget. A person who has created jobs – real jobs. A person who will put his God and his country above himself. A person who will not sell out to the lobbyists. Tim Scott is that person.
Since arriving in Washington, Scott has already made an impact, chosen to the elected leadership committee. During the infamous debt ceiling debate this summer, Scott remained steadfast in his opposition to raising the government’s borrowing limit even at the brink of default and in spite of his party leaders’ eleventh hour begging. Even after Speaker Boehner repackaged the bill to cater to Tea Party members, Scott voted no, asserting that it was still far short of what his constituents wanted.
The single biggest issue our country faces is the economy and jobs and how we facilitate private sector growth. Tim sponsored HR-2587 – Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act along with other members of the South Carolina delegation. The Protecting American Jobs act was passed by the House on September 15, 2011. It is rare that a freshman Representative even sponsors a bill, much less get it passed by the House.
Tim Scott is soft-spoken and honest but not afraid to stand up for his beliefs or his constituents. Just the kind of person we need in Congress.
Our mission at CHANGE!!! for the Better IS to change Washington … our government is riddled with liars and thieves and cowards, not serving us but rather themselves and not even their country. Join CHANGE!!! for the Better and support Tim Scott for re-election to the United States Congress for the 1st District of South Carolina.
‘Rising star’ Tim Scott
September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
POST AND COURIER EDITORIAL
Rookie 1st District Congressman Tim Scott was described in a Sunday story by McClatchy Newspapers as “one of the fastest-rising stars in Washington.” Not bad for a former Stall High School running back raised by a single mom in North Charleston.
That McClatchy story charted how the former Charleston County chairman “skyrocketed from state legislator to House Republican freshman class leader who stood up to his party bosses in high-profile debt talks and is heading his party’s attack on federal economic bureaucrats.”
It pointed out that Rep. Scott, responding to the National Labor Relations Board’s overreaching legal complaint against Boeing for putting a Dreamliner plant here, co-wrote legislation that would curtail the agency’s powers. The bill passed the Republican House before being blocked by the Democratic Senate.
The congressman has also drawn national notice for “Tim’s Town Halls,” a series of forums he’s holding with Republican presidential candidates.
And the article quoted South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s apt assessment that the congressman helps the GOP counter its unfair image as “the party of angry white guys.”
Yet Rep. Scott remains admirably averse to playing the race card, explaining: “I’ve been black for 46 years, so it’s kind of hard for me to step out of my own skin and say what role it plays in the eyes of other people.”
It’s also evidently kind of hard for Rep. Scott to sound like an “angry” guy of any color. Despite his unapologetic links with the occasionally overwrought tea party, he’s consistently upbeat and gracious.
As for concerns expressed in a Sunday Post and Courier story about Rep. Scott’s politically tinged sermon early this month at Mount Pleasant’s Seacoast Church, he’s hardly the first member of a congregation, in or out of elective office, to mix religion and politics.
We were disappointed that Rep. Scott, along with all four other GOP House members from S.C., raised the risk of a federal default early last month by voting against the debt-ceiling compromise that Speaker John Boehner helped craft.
Still, the speaker showed up last week in Washington as the chief roaster at a birthday bash for Rep. Scott, who said: “I’d say that my relationship [with Rep. Boehner] is healthier than it has been, and it was pretty healthy before.”
And we’d say that “Mr. Scott goes to Washington” is a success story — so far.
