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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 6359 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act	Nay	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6359 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 22, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Nay	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1014 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Nay	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1014 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1014 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Nay	Jan 22, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Nay	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6945 — Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act	Nay	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6945 — Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1009 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of…	Nay	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 1009 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of…	Nay	Jan 21, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5764 — AI for Main Street Act	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5763 — Main Street Parity Act	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2988 — Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act	Nay	Jan 15, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2988 — Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2988 — Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act	Nay	Jan 15, 2026	Agreed to	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 14, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 14, 2026	Failed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 992 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Nay	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 992 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…	Nay	Jan 14, 2026	Passed	U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4593 — SHOWER Act	Nay	Jan 13, 2026	Passed	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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