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At a Glance
Seat
Representative for Massachusetts District 2
Born
November 20, 1959
Age 66
Phone
(202) 225-6101
Office
370 Cannon House Office Building, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Massachusetts District 2

James P. McGovern

James Patrick McGovern is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A Democrat, he is the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, chaired the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and is the co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. His district, numbered as the 3rd district from 1997 to 2013, stretches from Worcester to the Pioneer Valley.

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Voting Record — 581
Yes39%
No58%
Present0%
Not Voting3%
Party align96%
Cross-party0%
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Congressional District 2

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James P. McGovern
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratMassachusetts District 2
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James P.'s ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 33 sponsored · 210 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

A key ingredient for making America healthy is better access to cooking classes so folks can learn how to make more nutritious meals. That's one reason why the Phoenix Food Bank in Lynn is doing INCREDIBLE WORK to improve health in our communities & #EndHungerNow.
So do we need them, or not? Because just minutes before, Trump was asking our allies to step in… He continues destroying key strategic alliances while he plunges our country into chaos. What a disgrace.
Q: What progress have you made in getting America's allies to assist the US in escorting those oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz? TRUMP: Well, we don't need too much help. We don't need any help, actually. In fact we just put out a notice.
It’s day 17 of Trump’s reckless war of choice with Iran, and he’s already wasted $23 BILLION. That’s more than twice the amount that’s currently in @FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund. He's choosing war in the Middle East over keeping Americans safe.
In just two weeks, we’ve spent more on Trump’s reckless war with Iran than we spend each year on housing homeless veterans, helping seniors heat their homes, giving kids free school breakfasts, or extending healthcare tax credits. How the hell is that “America First?!”
Trump’s appointed counterterrorism director—who virtually every Republican voted to confirm—just resigned and admitted there was no imminent threat. Trump lied, and American troops died. END THIS WAR NOW.
Wow. Please send him out on the campaign trail to explain to American consumers why they are the "last" of this administration's concerns.
Hassett: "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."
It’s sickening that Trump seems to relish causing suffering and death in other countries, from Venezuela to Iran to Cuba. Our 60+ year embargo of Cuba is a disaster. It serves no purpose but to exploit everyday Cubans and use them, politically, in the most cruel, inhumane way.
It’s day 16 of Trump’s reckless war of choice with Iran, and we’ve already spent $22 BILLION. That could build almost 100,000 affordable housing units in America. The American People want a home they can afford, not another costly, endless quagmire in the Middle East.
By the way—we won’t forget the Epstein Files, or that the president continues protecting a global child sex abuse ring, and is himself accused in those files of being a child sex predator.
Jimmy Lai should be free, not sitting in a Hong Kong jail.  I stand with Sebastian and Claire Lai in calling for their father to be given his freedom. Journalism is not a crime; China must respect this right per the ICCPR.
In under 2 weeks, Trump has blown $19 BILLION on his reckless Iran War. That’s 2x what we spend each year on preventing infectious diseases in the U.S. He’s enriching his billionaire Big Oil and Defense Contractor donors instead of keeping America healthy. So much for MAHA.
I’m sure the billions of dollars he pockets from his defense contracts with the Pentagon have nothing at all to do with shilling for Trump’s illegal war. He sure seems to support regime change as long as he’s making money off it. Pathetic.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp on his support for Trump's Iran war: "I don't really believe in the wars we've fought in the past, because I don't believe in regime change. And that's one of the reasons I'm supportive of this policy we currently have."
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Voting History
581 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-02-05H. Res. 93 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOPassed
2025-02-05H. Res. 93 (119th)End debate nowNONOPassed
2025-02-05H.R. 776 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-02-04H.R. 43 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-23H.R. 21 (119th)Final passageNONOPassed
2025-01-23H.R. 21 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESFailed
2025-01-23H.R. 471 (119th)Final passageNONOPassed
2025-01-23H.R. 375 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-22S. 5 (119th)Final passageNONOPassed
2025-01-22H.R. 165 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-22H. Res. 53 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOPassed
2025-01-22H. Res. 53 (119th)End debate nowNONOPassed
2025-01-22H.R. 187 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-21H.R. 186 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-16H.R. 30 (119th)Final passageNONOPassed
2025-01-16H.R. 30 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESFailed
2025-01-15H.R. 33 (119th)Final passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-15H.R. 144 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-15H.R. 164 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-14H.R. 28 (119th)Final passageNONOPassed
2025-01-14H.R. 28 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESFailed
2025-01-14H.R. 153 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-14H.R. 152 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-13H.R. 192 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYESPassed
2025-01-09H.R. 23 (119th)Final passageNONOPassed
2025-01-07H.R. 29 (119th)Final passageNONOPassed
2025-01-03H. Res. 5 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOPassed
2025-01-03H. Res. 5 (119th)Motion to Commit with InstructionsYESYESFailed
2025-01-03H. Res. 5 (119th)End debate nowNONOPassed
2025-01-03Election of the SpeakerNOT_VOTINGJohnson (LA)
2025-01-03Call by StatesPRESENTPassed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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