{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141010025711/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott-honored-%E2%80%9Ctaxpayers%E2%80%99-friend-award%E2%80%9D-nation%E2%80%99s-largest-taxpayer-group", "Senator Tim Scott Honored with Taxpayers Friend Award By Nations Largest Taxpayer Group", "2014-10-08", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Charleston, SC - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) was recognized for his outstanding pro-taxpayer voting record as the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group, announced he is among the distinguished recipients of the \u201cTaxpayers\u2019 Friend Award\u201d for 2013. The rating, which is based on every roll call vote affecting fiscal policy, assigns a \u201cTaxpayer Score\u201d to each Member of Congress that indicates his or her support for reducing or controlling federal spending, taxes, debt, and regulation. For 2013, a total of 253 House and 90 Senate votes were selected.\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\n\u201cWith so many remaining doubts that our economy has completely turned a corner, it's never been more important for Washington to change direction on fiscal policy. \u00a0Senator Scott\u2019s pro-taxpayer score of 96% was one of the best in the entire U.S. Senate,\u201d NTU President Pete Sepp said. \u201cFortunately, the taxpayers of South Carolina could count on Senator Scott to help put our nation on a saner path. Day in and day out, Senator Scott earned the title of 'Taxpayers ' Friend.'\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\nFor the first session of the 113th Congress, only 58 lawmakers were awarded the \u201cTaxpayers\u2019 Friend Award.\u201d\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\n\u201cI am pleased to be named a \u201cTaxpayers\u2019 Friend Award\u201d for my time in the U.S. Senate,\u201d said Senator Scott in receiving the honor. \"I will continue working to reduce federal spending, lower taxes and repeal burdensome regulations so that every South Carolinian has the opportunity to succeed.\"\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\nSince 1979, NTU has acknowledged Representatives and Senators who achieve top scores in their annual Rating of Congress with the \u201cTaxpayers\u2019 Friend Award.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141010025711/http://www.scott.senate.gov/press-release/senator-tim-scott-honored-%E2%80%9Ctaxpayers%E2%80%99-friend-award%E2%80%9D-nation%E2%80%99s-largest-taxpayer-group"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7213379722088575, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}