DOSSIER: CLS-065 · SUBJECT: James E. Clyburn · CLASSIFICATION: PUBLIC
METHODOLOGY: SYMMETRIC · STATUS: ACTIVE
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65. James E. Clyburn (D)C- 5.8 [Personnel File Pending]

U.S. Representative SC-6 1993-present · House Majority Whip 2007-2011, 2019-2023 · House Assistant Democratic Leader 2023-present · South Carolina State University · Civil rights movement organizer 1960s
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Strengths: M01 Score 7 — civil rights movement background (1960s SC organizer); sustained institutional Senate-floor conduct; February 2020 SC primary endorsement of Biden over Sanders + 2024 sustained support of Biden through June 2024 debate (M07 Score 5 because endorsement maintained even as cognitive concerns mounted); M11 modest pre-political wealth; M12 institutional decorum. Drag: M07 Score 5 sub-Severe sustained silence on Biden cognitive concerns 2023-2024 through June 27 debate (analogous to other Dem leadership; less acute than Pelosi); M02 sustained party-line voting; M13 sustained partisan framing of Republicans.

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