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

Congressman Jim Clyburn said he has become highly passionate about taking broadband to rural South Carolina. “I am going to be as strong of an advocate for broadband being a big part of the next infrastructure package as I have ever been for anything in my life because I am convinced that that’s going to

Rep. Jim Clyburn will have two big challenges next year. He’ll be responsible for making sure 235 ideologically diverse House Democrats can unite behind an ambitious legislative agenda that proves the party has earned its return to the majority. But his toughest task could be proving himself. Read more >>

In general elections, campaigns’ attempts to win swing voters appear to not work at all. By Dylan Matthews@dylanmattdylan@vox.com Sep 28, 2017, 8:00am EDT All the outreach activity by political campaigns, including door to door canvassing, phone banking, direct mail, and even advertising, has basically no effect on voters’ choice of candidate in general elections, according

ABC Columbia | Crysty Vaughan COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn has launched a petition to force a vote on the Background Check Completion Act. On Tuesday, Clyburn announced he wanted to force the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would require all background checks to be completed and approved