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James P. McGovern

U.S. Representative, MA-2

Democratic Massachusetts since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Environment & Energy 1 Foreign Policy & Trade 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Representative, MA-2 current Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-2 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-2 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-2 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-2 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-2 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-2 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-3 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-3 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-3 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-3 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2007	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-3 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 7, 2003	Jan 3, 2005	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-3 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 3, 2001	Jan 3, 2003	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-3 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 6, 1999	Jan 3, 2001	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-3 Massachusetts	Democratic	Jan 7, 1997	Jan 3, 1999	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

House Committee on Rules — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Agriculture unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Agriculture — Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
House Committee on Rules — Rules and Organization of the House unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.538, social dim. -0.351. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HR 7567 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026	Nay	Apr 30, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7567 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026	Nay	Apr 30, 2026	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7567 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026	Nay	Apr 30, 2026	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7567 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026	Nay	Apr 30, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 33 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the…	Nay	Apr 29, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1318 — Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act	Nay	Apr 29, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1224 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the…	Nay	Apr 29, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1224 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the…	Nay	Apr 29, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 227 — Clergy Act	Yea	Apr 27, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7959 — IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act	Yea	Apr 27, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5587 — HEATS Act	Nay	Apr 23, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6387 — FIRE Act	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6387 — FIRE Act	Yea	Apr 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4690 — Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4690 — Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act	Yea	Apr 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1182 — Expressing support for rural communities across the United States as stewards of the environment, major suppliers of United States energy…	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1189 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building…	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1189 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building…	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1020 — A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence…	Yea	Apr 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2493 — Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025	Yea	Apr 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5201 — Kari's Law Reporting Act	Yea	Apr 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5200 — Emergency Reporting Act	Yea	Apr 20, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1681 — Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act	Yea	Apr 20, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1175 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the…	Nay	Apr 17, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1175 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8035) to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the…	Nay	Apr 17, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,002 recorded contributions totalling $1,118,775. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 68 of 1002 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	66	$196,300	18%
Super PAC	2	$25	0%
Unclassified	934	$922,450	82%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$6,600	ACTBLUE	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Dec 3, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,600	HANEY, WILLIAM M III	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	Big donor	Nov 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$5,000	UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Sep 1, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Sep 1, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Sep 26, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Aug 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Jun 12, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Aug 13, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Jun 12, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IRON WORKERS PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	May 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Jun 20, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Jun 20, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICE	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Jun 20, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES INTERNATIONAL UNION PAC	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Jun 20, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE	unclassified	Aug 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (4 as lead sponsor)

HR 9226 US · Jun 9, 2026
To direct restoration and protection efforts of the 5-State Connecticut River Watershed region, and for other purposes.

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HR 8982 US · May 21, 2026
Assuring the Future of Tibet Act of 2026

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HJRES 143 US · May 20, 2026
Resolution Act.

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HR 7007 US · May 20, 2026
Governing for the People Act

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