Rep. Thomas E. Pope
Republican - SC - 47th district
Limited Government Rating
2023: 39.71%
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Lawmaker Position
H 4300 (Motion to Table Amd. 71)
House 2023
1xBlocking an Amendment which Required State Agencies to Identify Waste, Fraud, and Abuse of Taxpayer Funds and Reduce Agency Spending by 5%.
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H 4300 (Motion to Table Amd. 72)
House 2023
1xAllowing Public Schools to Provide Students Incentives to Receive a Vaccination such as COVID-19.
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H 4300 (Part 1A, Section 28 - House Version)
House 2023
1xFueling Out-of-Control Spending Through a $9.4 Million Appropriation to the Arts Commission.
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H 4300 (Part 1A, Section 49 - House Version)
House 2023
2xFueling Tens of Millions in Wasteful Spending Through $138 Million in the Appropriations Bill for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
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H 4300 (Part 1A, Section 50 - House Version)
House 2023
2xFueling Tens of Millions in Wasteful Spending Through $131.2 Million in the Appropriations Bill for the Department of Commerce.
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H 4300 (Part 1A, Section 51 - House Version)
House 2023
1xFueling Out-of-Control Spending Through an Unnecessary $1 Million Appropriation to the Jobs-Economic Development Authority.
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H 4300 (Part 1A, Section 71 - House Version)
House 2023
1xFueling Out-of-Control Spending Through an Unnecessary $3 Million Appropriation to the Commission on Minority Affairs.
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H 4300
House 2023
3xFueling Out-of-Control Spending Through a $38.8 Billion Budget (12.6% Increase) with Countless Provisions that Further Grow the Size and Scope of Government.
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H 3948
House 2023
1xHiking Property Tax Rates by Expanding the Crony Tax Exemptions Provided to Certain Government-Favored Renewable Energy Projects.
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H 3726 (Motion to Table Amd. 13)
House 2023
1xAllowing Taxpayer Funds to be Utilized for Politicized "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" Workforce Programs.
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H 4115
House 2023
1xExpanding Competition and Cutting Consumer Costs by Increasing the Threshold from $5k to $10k for a Project Needing a Contractor License.
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H 3786
House 2023
1xFurther Growing Government's Unsustainable Land Holdings by Directing Funds to the South Carolina Conservation Bank Trust Fund.
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H 3594 (House Version)
House 2023
3xStrengthening Second Amendment Rights by Enacting "Constitutional Carry" thus Allowing Qualified Adults 18 and Older to Carry a Firearm without a Special Permit.
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H 3594 (Motion to Table Amd. #13)
House 2023
2xProtecting Second Amendment Rights by Blocking a Mandate that Private Firearm Sales Undergo Background Checks.
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H 3605
House 2023
1xCombatting the Practices of Overzealous Government Licensing Boards by Ensuring Individuals are Not Denied a Solely for a Criminal Conviction that is Unrelated to their Profession.
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H 3737
House 2023
1xExpanding Cronyism and Corporate Welfare Through a New Tax Credit for Railroad Companies.
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H 4300 (Part 1A, Section 33 - House Version)
House 2023
3xFueling Out-of-Control Spending Through a $9.2 Billion Appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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H 4300 (Part 1A, Section 42 - House Version)
House 2023
2xFueling Out-of-Control Spending Through a $259 Million Appropriation to the Housing Finance and Development Authority.
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H 3728 (House Version)
House 2023
3xStrengthening the Integrity of the Public Education System by Prohibiting Instruction on Divisive Concepts Such as Critical Race Theory (CRT).
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H 3843
House 2023
2xExpanding School Choice Through the Creation of an "Open Enrollment Program" which Allows Students to Attend Schools within Districts they are Not Residents.
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S 164
House 2023
2xExpanding Competition by Eliminating Anti-Competitive "Certificate of Need" Regulations for Most Healthcare Facilities.
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S 520
House 2023
2xGrowing Government Interference in the Healthcare Industry Through a Series of New Mandates on Pharmacy Benefit Managers Concerning "Patient Steering".
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H 3877
House 2023
1xReducing Healthcare Staffing Shortages by Allowing Anesthesiologists to Supervise Additional Assistants.
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H 3769
House 2023
1xStrengthening Property Rights by Ensuring Landowners Have the Ability to Replace their Wells and Septic Tanks and are Not Forced to Utilize Public Utilities.
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S 31 (Veto Override)
House 2023
1xWeakening Government Transparency and Accountability by Reducing the Financial Audit Requirements Municipalities Must Meet.
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H 3681
House 2023
2xStrengthening Individual Liberties by Prohibiting any Additional Local Regulations on Tobacco, Vaping, and Nicotine Products.
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H 3690
House 2023
2xProtecting Taxpayers by Prohibiting ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Considerations in State Investment Strategies.
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H 3014
House 2023
1xFueling Unequal Application of the Law by Providing Enhanced "Hate Crime Penalties" for Actions Against Individuals of Select Races, Religions and Sexual Orientations.
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H 3532
House 2023
2xStrengthening Law and Order Through Changes to Pre-Trial Bail Laws for Repeat Violent Offenders and Felonies Involving Firearms.
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H 4120
House 2023
2xStrengthening National Security and Helping to Combat Illegal Immigration and Human Trafficking Through an "Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit".
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S 459
House 2023
1xExpanding Individual Liberties and Tax Revenue by Allowing the Sale and Consumption of Alcohol in Airports.
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S 284
House 2023
1xGrowing Cronyism and Government Central Planning by Allowing Localities to Now Utilize Tax Revenue for Workforce Housing.
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S 739
House 2023
2xFueling Wealth Redistribution and Cronyism by Channeling Tens of Millions in Additional Taxpayer Funds to Affordable Housing Initiatives.
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H 3563
House 2023
2xDiluting the Tax Base and Shifting Tax Burdens onto other Products and Individuals Through a Special Sales Tax Exemption for Feminine Hygiene Products.
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H 3604
House 2023
3xExpanding Cronyism by Channeling Over $1.29 Billion in Taxpayer Funds to Enrich Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Scout Motors.
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S 39
House 2023
2xExpanding School Choice Through the Creation of an Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program.
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H 3604 (Motion to Table Amd. 3)
House 2023
1xFueling Cronyism by Allowing Taxpayer Funds to Be Used to Hire Lobbyists for Water Infrastructure Projects.
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H 3811
House 2023
1xWorsening Cronyism and Government Central Planning by Extending and Increasing the Industry Partnership Fund Tax Credit.
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H 3824
House 2023
1xExpanding the Crony Tax Exemptions Provided to Certain Government-Favored Alternative Fuel Projects.
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H 3880
House 2023
1xDiluting the Tax Base and Shifting Tax Burdens by Providing a Select Exemption to the Admission Tax for Golf Club Dues.
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H 4020
House 2023
2xEnriching Woke Hollywood Producers by Increasing Taxpayer Subsidies for TV Series and Movie Production Costs to $30 Million.
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H 4087 (Motion to Table Amd. 6)
House 2023
1xGrowing Cronyism by Striking the Fiscal Safeguards Surrounding the Corporate Headquarters Tax Credit.
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H 4118
House 2023
2xWorsening Cronyism by Extending the Community Development Tax Credit which Enriches Select Companies.
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H 4300 (Amd. 1A)
House 2023
2xAmending the Appropriations Bill to Increase Spending on Countless Lawmaker Pet Projects and More Subsidies for Higher Education.
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H 4300 (Motion to Table Amd. 2A)
House 2023
1xProtecting Taxpayers by Blocking an Attempt to Study the Expansion of the Medicaid Welfare Program in South Carolina.
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H 4300 (Motion to Table Amd. 34)
House 2023
1xIncreasing Fiscal Responsibility by Reducing Funding to the Educational Television Commission by Over $649,000.
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H 4300 (Motion to Table Amd. 51)
House 2023
2xAllowing Clemson University to Use Public Funds to Implement "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" Initiatives
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