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Congress 2012: A district-by-district breakdown


All 7 of South Carolina's congressmen are up for a vote Tuesday. Here's how they stand on the issues:

 

District 1

Bobbie Rose (D)

Jobs

Supports unions and apprenticeship programs for new union workers; supports expanding the market for jobs in sustainable and renewable energy in South Carolina

Veterans

Supports reforming the disability claim system for veterans, which would reduce wait times for settling claims

Women’s/LGBT Issues

Supports the Fair Pay Act, which would ensure equal pay for equal work regardless of gender; supports abortion rights, the availability of birth control and emergency contraception, as well as same-sex marriage and the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act

Rep. Tim Scott (R)

Jobs

Believes that “creating jobs is not the role of the federal government” and supports fewer regulations and taxes on businesses

Veterans

Supports job creation for veterans and voted for the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act; believes that “we must make certain our veterans’ health benefits keep moving forward”

Women’s/LGBT Issues

Describes himself as “unapologetically” anti-abortion and has voted against federal funding for Planned Parenthood and abortion coverage in public insurance plans; supports marriage only between a man and a woman

District 2

Rep. Joe Wilson (R)

Health Care

Wilson supports reforms to current health care laws that would make health insurance available to those who are currently uninsured. He also supports repealing and replacing Obamacare.

Jobs

Wilson has a jobs plan that would cut taxes 5 percent across the board and cut discretionary spending 20 percent until the federal budget is balanced.

Veterans

Wilson supports greater oversight and improved technology in the facilities, hospitals and clinics that serve veterans. He also supports increasing benefits for National Guardsmen and Reserve members.

Editor’s note: Wilson is running unopposed.

District 3

Brian Doyle (D)

Education

Supports increasing the wages of teachers and providing more funding for schools

Immigration

Pledged to “bring forward a comprehensive immigration reform” within six months of taking office

Women’s Issues

Committed to “the protection of women’s rights to privacy and self-determination”

 

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R)

Education

Voted for school choice programs for Washington, D.C., advocated for similar programs in South Carolina, supported state exemptions from the No Child Left Behind Act

Immigration

Opposes amnesty for undocumented immigrants in the United States and supports stronger enforcement of immigration laws, including increased manpower, surveillance technology and “physical fencing” along the U.S. border

Women’s Issues

Received a 100-percent rating from the National Right to Life Committee and a 0 percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America, indicating that he is anti-abortion

District 4

Deb Morrow (D)

Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid/Health Care

Supports preserving Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, believes that those programs should not be cut in times of austerity

Economy

Wants to raise the minimum wage, increase federal stimulus and raise taxes on millionaires

Voter ID

Believes voting fraud is “virtually non-existent” and disenfranchises “minorities that vote for Democrats”

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R)

Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid/Health Care

Voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to require the inclusion of Social Security benefits in the calculation of modified adjusted gross income

Economy

Believes government should lower tax rates, which “stifle job creation,” and has advocated for a balanced-budget amendment for the federal government

Voter ID

Supported the S.C. voter ID laws and sent a letter with Sen. Lindsey Graham to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to uphold the law

District 5

Joyce Knott (D)

Jobs

Said she’ll provide tax relief to startups in S.C. towns that have not yet recovered from the Recession and will look for ways to use existing government funds to speed up economic recovery

Education

Supports increasing funding for Pell grants, Stafford loans and the GI bill

Health Care

Believes health care is a basic human right and that the current health care system is in need of reform

Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R)

Jobs

Supports cutting salaries for federal workers and  lowering discretionary spending, and believes freezing federal hiring and preventing tax increases will help private-sector job growth

Education

Believes the Department of Education should focus on sending money to the states more efficiently; supports setting national standards for achievement and school choice 

Health Care

Supports repealing the Affordable Care Act and believes that less government intervention and “some common-sense reforms” are the best way to reform the health care system

District 6

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D)

Education

Helped write the 2010 Education Reconciliation Act, which increases the size of Pell Grants to $5,975 by 2017; increases funding for community and technical colleges; invests $75 million in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in South Carolina; and lowers student loan payments

Health Care

Helped pass the Affordable Care Act and supports “health care for all Americans”

Jobs

Supports bringing a “clean energy economy” to South Carolina with jobs in nuclear and sustainable energy, cutting the payroll tax and expanding tourism in order to bring more money into the industry, the state’s largest.

Editor’s note: Clyburn is running unopposed

District 7

Gloria Bromell Tinubu (D)

Jobs

Believes that investing in infrastructure will bring jobs to the seventh district immediately and supports investing in education to “provide better opportunities and good paying positions for tomorrow”

Health Care

Supports the Affordable Care Act

Women’s Issues

Believes the decision of “when to have a family is best left to the family”

Tom Rice (R)

Jobs

Supports lowering taxes and eliminating regulations in order to bring jobs to the seventh district

Health Care

Described the Affordable Care Act as a “trillion-dollar tax, job-killer [which] will be devastating to our health care industry” and supports Rep. Tom Price’s, R-Ga., alternative plan

Women’s Issues

Endorsed by the National Right to Life Committee and described himself as “pro-life”

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