On March 31, Congressman James E. Clyburn joined other lawmakers in urging President Joe Biden to extend the pause on student loan payments. The pause is in effect until May 1st, but the letter asks the administration to continue the pause until at least the end of 2022, and to work towards cancelling student debt.

LIAM SULLIVAN | Press Secretary, Public Relations Manager Washington, D.C., June 16, 2020 - In recognition of his thoughtful leadership in the effort to prevent gun violence in all of its forms, today, the Brady Campaign endorsed Rep. Jim Clyburn (SC-6) in his campaign for re-election in 2020. Brady President Kris Brown shared: “Majority Whip Clyburn

BY CHRIS SMITH | Vanity Fair Clyburn, who helped hand Biden his presumptive nomination, talks about Biden’s “you ain’t black” and V.P. possibilities, and why this moment is defined by “raw politics and meanness.” James Clyburn grew up in a segregated South Carolina. He is now the longest-serving member of the state’s congressional delegation and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 30, 2020 Lucas Acosta | Lucas.Acosta@hrc.org | (347) 834-5063 WASHINGTON -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization announced the endorsement of House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. Last year, with the crucial support of House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn,

By Ursula Perano - AXIOS Rep. James Clyburn has a list of African American women who are qualified to be vice president, and he told "Axios on HBO" in an interview that there's a "much deeper bench than people realize." The big picture: Clyburn is widely credited with saving Biden's campaign following his endorsement in the

By MEG KINNARD and LAURIE KELLMAN - AP COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — At a funeral service last month, Jannie Jones locked eyes with Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn across the church sanctuary and crooked a finger, beckoning him to come over to the pew where she sat. She had a question, but she didn’t want to

By Peggy Noonan - WSJ No one has seen anything like it. It will live in our political lore. There’ll be some bright 32-year-old kid running a campaign in 2056 and his guy will be down three in a row and the elders will take him to the Marriott bar and tell him, “Ya gotta

Deborah Barfield Berry and Ledyard King - USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Taking the stage after his landslide victory in South Carolina, Joe Biden hugged his longtime friend Rep. James Clyburn, who gave the former vice president a coveted endorsement three days before the state's primary. "You brought me back," a beaming Biden told Clyburn, the

It’s time again for the event columnist Roger Simon described as “one of those all-too-rare, feel-good evenings in politics,” and this year it’s bigger than ever. “Jim Clyburn’s World Famous Fish Fry” will be held on Friday, June 21st during the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Weekend in Columbia, S.C., and it will be a

House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, a Sumter native, served as guest speaker at the sixth-annual awards night of the Opportunity Scholars Program at the University of South Carolina Sumter on Tuesday. More than 70 OSP students were recognized for their academic achievements and 44 students for receiving their associate degree. Other awards included the