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Sen. Tim Scott

Republican · South Carolina · in the Senate since 2013

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Sen. Tim Scott has missed 27 of 921 roll-call votes this Congress, 2.9% of them, about the same as the typical senator (2.5%).

Missed this Congress
2.9%
27 of 921 · #39 of 99
Typical senator
2.5%
the chamber's median
Career
2.3%
32 of 1,366 since 2017
Longest absence
—
no run of missed days

What they show up for, and what they skip

Tim Scott almost always votes on amendments (missed 0%) and other votes (0%), but misses far more nominations (6%) and final passage (5%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 2.9%

Nominations (224) 5.8%
Final passage (62) 4.8%
Procedural votes (490) 2.2%
Amendments (104) 0%
Other votes (41) 0%

By topic

From the Library of Congress subject of each bill · topics with 10+ votes

Public lands (15) 6.7%
Congress itself (19) 5.3%
Economy and public finance (85) 3.5%
Foreign affairs (35) 0%
Environment (19) 0%
Finance (16) 0%
Energy (13) 0%
Immigration (12) 0%

Days of the week: missed 4.3% of Friday votes and 0.4% of Wednesday votes.

Votes cast and missed, month by month

Each bar is one month of roll calls in the 119th Congress. Shaded months have a reason on record.

Jan 2025: 28 voted, 0 missed; Feb 2025: 70 voted, 0 missed; Mar 2025: 58 voted, 0 missed; Apr 2025: 71 voted, 0 missed; May 2025: 54 voted, 0 missed; Jun 2025: 71 voted, 1 missed; Jul 2025: 110 voted, 4 missed; Aug 2025: 24 voted, 8 missed; Sep 2025: 30 voted, 6 missed; Oct 2025: 66 voted, 0 missed; Nov 2025: 21 voted, 1 missed; Dec 2025: 35 voted, 1 missed; Jan 2026: 19 voted, 1 missed; Feb 2026: 22 voted, 1 missed; Mar 2026: 30 voted, 1 missed; Apr 2026: 39 voted, 0 missed; May 2026: 17 voted, 0 missed; Jun 2026: 61 voted, 1 missed; Jul 2026: 23 voted, 2 missed; Aug 2026: 14 voted, 0 missed; Sep 2026: 25 voted, 0 missed; Oct 2026: 0 voted, 0 missed; Nov 2026: 6 voted, 0 missed J2025 F M A M J J A S O N D J2026 F M A M J J A S O N
  • Voted (yes, no or present)
  • Missed
  • Reason on record

Year by year

Share of votes missed. The gray tick is the typical senator.

2017 0.3%
2018 3.3%
2025 3.2%
2026 2.3%

Missed days in 2026

Each square is a day the Senate held votes. Darker means more votes missed that day.

  • Jan 5: voted every time
  • Jan 6: voted every time
  • Jan 7: voted every time
  • Jan 8: missed 1 of 2
  • Jan 12: voted every time
  • Jan 13: voted every time
  • Jan 14: voted every time
  • Jan 15: voted every time
  • Jan 27: voted every time
  • Jan 29: voted every time
  • Jan 30: voted every time
  • Feb 2: missed 1 of 1
  • Feb 3: voted every time
  • Feb 4: voted every time
  • Feb 5: voted every time
  • Feb 9: voted every time
  • Feb 10: voted every time
  • Feb 11: voted every time
  • Feb 12: voted every time
  • Feb 24: voted every time
  • Feb 25: voted every time
  • Feb 26: voted every time
  • Mar 2: voted every time
  • Mar 4: voted every time
  • Mar 5: voted every time
  • Mar 9: voted every time
  • Mar 10: voted every time
  • Mar 11: voted every time
  • Mar 12: voted every time
  • Mar 17: missed 1 of 3
  • Mar 18: voted every time
  • Mar 20: voted every time
  • Mar 21: voted every time
  • Mar 22: voted every time
  • Mar 23: voted every time
  • Mar 24: voted every time
  • Mar 25: voted every time
  • Mar 26: voted every time
  • Apr 13: voted every time
  • Apr 14: voted every time
  • Apr 15: voted every time
  • Apr 16: voted every time
  • Apr 20: voted every time
  • Apr 21: voted every time
  • Apr 22: voted every time
  • Apr 23: voted every time
  • Apr 27: voted every time
  • Apr 28: voted every time
  • Apr 29: voted every time
  • Apr 30: voted every time
  • May 11: voted every time
  • May 12: voted every time
  • May 13: voted every time
  • May 14: voted every time
  • May 18: voted every time
  • May 19: voted every time
  • May 20: voted every time
  • Jun 1: voted every time
  • Jun 2: voted every time
  • Jun 3: voted every time
  • Jun 4: voted every time
  • Jun 5: voted every time
  • Jun 8: voted every time
  • Jun 9: voted every time
  • Jun 10: voted every time
  • Jun 11: voted every time
  • Jun 15: voted every time
  • Jun 16: voted every time
  • Jun 17: voted every time
  • Jun 18: missed 1 of 2
  • Jun 22: voted every time
  • Jun 23: voted every time
  • Jun 24: voted every time
  • Jul 13: missed 1 of 1
  • Jul 14: voted every time
  • Jul 15: voted every time
  • Jul 16: voted every time
  • Jul 20: voted every time
  • Jul 21: voted every time
  • Jul 22: voted every time
  • Jul 23: missed 1 of 3
  • Jul 27: voted every time
  • Jul 28: voted every time
  • Jul 29: voted every time
  • Jul 30: voted every time
  • Aug 3: voted every time
  • Aug 5: voted every time
  • Aug 7: voted every time
  • Aug 8: voted every time
  • Sep 14: voted every time
  • Sep 15: voted every time
  • Sep 17: voted every time
  • Sep 22: voted every time
  • Sep 23: voted every time
  • Sep 24: voted every time
  • Sep 28: voted every time
  • Sep 29: voted every time
  • Sep 30: voted every time
  • Nov 9: voted every time
  • Nov 10: voted every time
  • Nov 12: voted every time

Voted every time Missed every vote

Reasons on record

What the member or their office said, with the source. Absences with no reason given are listed as such.

  1. No reason given 27 votes on 16 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Nov 20, 2025 H.J.Res. 130
H.J.Res. 130 · On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 130 · roll call 623
Joint Resolution Passed 51–43
Sep 19, 2025 H. R. 5371
H.R. 5371 · On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5371 · roll call 528
Bill Defeated 44–48
Sep 19, 2025 S. 2882
S. 2882 · On Passage of the Bill S. 2882 · roll call 527
Bill Defeated 47–45

Missed 27 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

Votes Tim Scott missed where the members who didn't vote outnumbered the margin. "Their side lost" means most of their party voted on the losing side.

  • Absences decided it Their side lost Sep 19, 2025 · Senate #528
    H. R. 5371
    On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5371

    It failed 44–48 with 8 Republicans not voting. Had every absent member voted with their party, it would have passed 52–48.

  • Absences could have flipped it Jul 13, 2026 · Senate #193
    Confirmation: Arthur Roberts Jones, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
    On the Nomination PN930-3 · PN 0

    It passed 46–44 with 6 Republicans and 3 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 2 votes short and 3 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 46–47. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (52–47).

  • Absences could have flipped it Jul 17, 2025 · Senate #417
    Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes
    On the Cloture Motion PN24-3 · PN 0

    It passed 46–36 with 10 Democrats and 7 Republicans and 1 independent not voting. The losing side was 10 votes short and 11 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 46–47. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (53–47).

How that compares

This member
2.9%
Senate median
2.5%
Republicans in the Senate
2.4%

Data: the House Clerk and senate.gov, updated with every roll call. All members →

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