(20 Sep 2025)
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Columbia, South Carolina – 8 September 2025
1. Wide of South Carolina State House.
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Rock Hill, South Carolina – 4 September 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) South Carolina State Senator Wes Climer, (R) York County:
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"What they tried to do is increase the $1000 a month in district expense compensation to legislators from $1000 to $2500 a month."
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Columbia, South Carolina – 8 September 2025
3. Wide of South Carolina State House renovations plaque.
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Rock Hill, South Carolina – 4 September 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) South Carolina State Senator Wes Climer, (R) York County:
"The fact of the matter is that the people by way of elections under our Constitution have a right to weigh in before that takes effect. And so I’ve sued to block the unconstitutional pay raise in order to safeguard that constitutional principle that the legislature cannot appropriate itself more of the people’s money in real time."
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Columbia, South Carolina – 8 September 2025
5. Close up of the hands of South Carolina Rep. Hamilton Grant, (D) Richland County, working on his computer.
6. Mid of South Carolina Rep. Hamilton Grant, (D) Richland County, working on his computer.
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Columbia, South Carolina – 26 August 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) South Carolina Rep. Hamilton Grant, (D) Richland County:
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"The budget proviso went out to up that to $2500. It was struck down via lawsuit by the court. And it removed the $2500 and did not take us back to the $1000 and so it completely wiped it away. So as a House member and member of the General Assembly in August of right now, I am done being compensated for the entire year by the state of South Carolina."
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Rock Hill, South Carolina – 4 September 2025
8. Mid of South Carolina State Senator Wes Climer, (R) York County, speaking during an interview.
9. SOUNDBITE (English) South Carolina State Senator Wes Climer, (R) York County:
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"When it was included in the final budget package, that’s when I went to the well of the Senate and said this is unconstitutional, it will not stand. You have an opportunity to fix it now. You should fix it now and they didn’t and so. They made choices. These are the consequences."
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Columbia, South Carolina – 8 September 2025
10. Mid of South Carolina Rep. Hamilton Grant, (D) Richland County, working on his computer.
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Columbia, South Carolina – 26 August 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) South Carolina Rep. Hamilton Grant, (D) Richland County:
"If compensation is raised, South Carolinians get better candidates running for office because now they can afford to bring their everyday South Carolina experience and issues that they see and face on the grassroots level in their communities to the people’s house. When that does not happen, you get the same things happening over and over and over again."
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Rock Hill, South Carolina – 4 September 2025
12. Mid of South Carolina State Senator Wes Climer, (R) York County, speaking during an interview.
13. Close up of the hands of South Carolina State Senator Wes Climer, (R) York County, while speaking during an interview.
14. SOUNDBITE (English) South Carolina State Senator Wes Climer, (R) York County:
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Columbia, South Carolina – 8 September 2025
15. Wide of empty legislative chamber in Columbia, South Carolina.
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