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The Fed’s Own Stress Tests Aren’t as Stressful as Its Tests of Banks
Tuesday | February 24, 2015Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen was asked Tuesday on Capitol Hill who performs stress tests of the Fed. The question came from Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott part of push for broader school choice
Sunday | February 15, 2015Two Republican senators from Tennessee and South Carolina, buoyed by their party's new majority, are teaming up to expand school choice as part of a rewrite of federal education law.… Continue Reading
C’mon, have a heart and get a dog
Saturday | February 14, 2015Tim Scott’s usually right.… Continue Reading
GOP Lawmakers, Advocates Discuss School Choice at Washington Forum
Wednesday | February 11, 2015As Congress gets to work on rewriting the No Child Left Behind Act, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., hosted a school choice jamboree Monday, headlined by some big names in the Republican Party and attended by charter school and voucher-program advocates, teachers, principals, parents, and students from the Washington area.… Continue Reading
Sen. Scott to speak at S.C. State
Tuesday | February 10, 2015U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will deliver the commencement address to nearly 400 students at South Carolina State University’s spring commencement ceremony, university officials announced Monday.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott hosts school choice forum
Tuesday | February 10, 2015U.S. Sen. Tim Scott believes where a child lives should not determine the quality of his or her education.… Continue Reading
Vouchers have new champions on the Hill
Monday | February 9, 2015GOP lawmakers including Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Rep. Luke Messer of Indiana are busy lobbying peers, proposing sweeping voucher bills and nudging school choice into conversations around the 2016 primaries.… Continue Reading
OP-ED: An education system for the 21st century
Monday | February 9, 2015We need to create a modern educational system for the modern challenges future generations will face — a competitive, interconnected global economy, where students from Charleston and Baton Rouge will compete with those from Chengdu and Bombay. Creating that system involves reforms large and small — but three guiding principles.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott holds workshop for veterans in Lowcountry
Wednesday | February 4, 2015Veterans in the Lowcountry are getting some in-depth job training from Senator Tim Scott's (R-SC) office to help them transition into the workforce.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott: Conservative policies key for nation, GOP growth
Tuesday | February 3, 2015Republicans can find common ground with President Barack Obama, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott said Monday as he met with college students from Atlanta's historically black campuses.… Continue Reading
Sen. Tim Scott's Office Hosts Job Workshop for Veterans
Monday | February 2, 2015US Sen. Tim Scott adding more veterans job sessions
Tuesday | January 27, 2015U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is putting on more workshops intended to help South Carolina veterans get prepared for jobs in the civilian working world.… Continue Reading
Vets encouraged to attend fair
Monday | January 26, 2015Spartanburg Community College has partnered with Sen. Tim Scott to host a veterans education resource fair Tuesday, Jan. 27, for military personnel and area veterans.… Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott going to Selma for “Bloody Sunday” 50th anniversary
Sunday | January 25, 2015U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will take part in the remembrance ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights-era Selma to Montgomery voting rights march. Scott, R-S.C., is a co-leader of the bipartisan Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage that U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is leading with the Faith & Politics Institute. … Continue Reading
SC Republicans decry Obama’s ‘old, failed ideas’
Wednesday | January 21, 2015Scott: ‘President needs to do better’ “I, along with my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, stand ready to work toward common ground with the president in order to move our country forward. … Continue Reading
Senator Tim Scott to Discuss "The School Choice Journey" During National School Choice Week"
Tuesday | January 20, 2015The conversation will feature Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Director of AEI Education Policy Studies Frederick Hess, and researchers Thomas Stewart, PhD, and Patrick Wolf, PhD, co-authors of a recent book studying the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program.… Continue Reading
Congress passes Keystone bill despite veto threat
Friday | January 16, 2015“The hardworking employees of MTU American and Michelin are already contributing to the Keystone project, and would certainly benefit even more from the pipeline’s construction. This shows how important a jobs issue the pipeline is – not just in the states where it is being constructed, but across our entire nation,” Scott said.… Continue Reading
Tim Scott and the meaning of a rescued Rotweiller
Thursday | January 15, 2015U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s photo is on the cover of the Charleston Animal Society’s 2015 winter publication “Carolina Tails” promoting his firsthand account of how a rescued Rottweiller puppy boosted the morale of his 84-year-old grandfather.… Continue Reading
