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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 — 516

Yes38%

No59%

Present0%

Not Voting3%

Party align97%

Cross-party0%

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District Map

Congressional District 2

U.S. Census Bureau boundary data.

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James P. McGovern

U.S. RepresentativeDemocratMassachusetts District 2

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James P.'s ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 31 sponsored · 205 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 30(source)

JD Vance grew up on nutrition assistance provided by the federal government. Now, he’s ripping SNAP away from millions of hungry kids growing up in poverty. Pulling the ladder up when you reach the top is not the American way. He should be ashamed.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 30(source)

Trump’s tariffs are a nightmare for working families this Halloween 🎃 🍫 Candy is up 11% 🧛‍♀️ Costumes up 13% 🕸️ Decorations up 11% Everything costs more—because Trump’s economy works for billionaires, not you.

Halloween 2025: A Record-Breaking Scare For Consumers

Halloween will cost more for consumers, and they will get less for every dollar - people are looking to the holiday for distraction and fun and willing to pay the price

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell@lastwordmsnow.bsky.socialOct 30(source)

'He's a lousy president and a lousy human being': House Dem torches Trump for threats to food aid www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 29(source)

Massachusetts won’t roll over while Republicans play cruel political games with hungry families. I stand with AG Campbell in fighting this administration’s illegal attempt to rip away food from those in need. People are counting on us to fight for them. And we must.

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Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 29(source)

What the hell is wrong with these people?!

Senate Republicans Block Democratic Effort to Fund SNAP During the Shutdown

Federal food aid for more than 30 million Americans is set to lapse at the end of the week.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 29(source)

Trump’s own lawyers said emergency funding must be used for nutrition assistance during a shutdown. USDA just deleted that memo & is now planning to illegally cancel SNAP. Republicans are using hungry families as political leverage. It’s disgusting.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 29(source)

It’s not a joke. Republicans in Congress have totally given up on being a separate and coequal branch of government. Mike Johnson has shrunk himself so much and made himself so irrelevant and trivial that the only joke is him.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 29(source)

I’m horrified and outraged by reports coming out of Sudan that RSF (Rapid Support Forces) fighters are going from house to house in El Fasher and murdering civilians. Here's my full statement:

Press Releases | Congressman Jim McGovern

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 29(source)

Republicans in Congress quiet quit their jobs. They have not shown up to vote since September 19th. They’ve only worked 14 days since July. It is unbelievably lazy and disgraceful. Mike Johnson needs to get them back on a plane to DC to do their damn jobs!

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 28(source)

The Speaker of the House had to tell the President of the United States that he can’t seek an unconstitutional third term. That should frighten everyone. Trump is telling us what he wants to do. We better listen & be prepared to stop him. If we don’t, we won’t have a country anymore.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 28(source)

If this doesn’t convince you that Trump is for his fellow billionaire elites—and not for you—I don’t know what else will.

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 28(source)

Republicans in Congress are taking an indefinite vacation & relinquishing their power to a wannabe king. Without a Congress, we’re living in a dictatorship—not a democracy.

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Open post ↗

Trump: "I said, 'put it all into one bill and if we get it done, we're done for four years.' We don't need anything more from Congress."

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 28(source)

Reminder that House Republicans have worked 14 days since July, passed 3 of 12 appropriations bills through the House, and shut down the government while they control the House, the Senate, and the White House.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 28(source)

Republicans talk about their “clean” continuing resolution… It was “clean” before Trump ignored the law and obliterated programs that Congress authorized & appropriated money for. That’s what would “continue” under their CR.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 28(source)

We need to start talking about the fact that Mike Johnson has basically abolished the House of Representatives. He has made himself irrelevant and pointless, shrinking the speakership so much that his role has become a pathetic echo of what it used to be. How sad.

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 27(source)

You’re a hedge fund manager who rents farmland to soybean farmers. You’re profiting off their hard work while sipping champagne with billionaire elites & kissing Donald Trump’s boots. You haven’t earned the title of “farmer” you hack.

Trump Treasury Sec. Bessent says he's felt 'pain' from China because he's a 'soybean farmer'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's estimated hundreds and millions of dollars in wealth includes soybean and corn farmland in North Dakota.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 27(source)

President: Republican Senate: Republican Majority House: RepublicanMajority And how exactly are Democrats “in charge,” Lazy Mike? If we were, the country wouldn’t be in this f***ing mess.

Just Who Exactly Does Mike Johnson Think Is in Charge of Government?

The House speaker gave his dumbest excuse yet for why the shutdown is dragging on.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 27(source)

Trump: Our history is being erased! We have to replace the statues of racist confederate generals! Also Trump: *Tears down the entire East Wing of the White House with a bulldozer.* It’s not about history. It’s about hate.

DC’s only outdoor statue of a Confederate general is back in a Judiciary Square park - WTOP News

On Saturday, the National Park Service returned the statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike to its home after being in storage for over five years.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 27(source)

“Soybean Farmer”

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

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Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialOct 27(source)

Reminder that instead of releasing the Epstein Files, Donald Trump released George Santos. Criminals protecting criminals.

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Sponsored Bills(31)

H. Res. 1068 (119th)
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 143) enabling Congress to adv…
H.R. 7521 (119th)
To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7546 (119th)
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medi…
H.J. Res. 143 (119th)
Resolution Act.
H. Res. 999 (119th)
Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 997) enabling the House of Repres…

Cosponsored Bills(205)

H. Res. 1286 (119th)
Calling for a trade policy that supports workers, consumers, independent farmers, small busi…
Joined: 2026-05-14
H.R. 8798 (119th)
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Ac…
Joined: 2026-05-13
H.R. 8744 (119th)
To prohibit the import of certain goods produced, sourced, made, or otherwise derived from d…
Joined: 2026-05-12
H.R. 8712 (119th)
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make certain disclosures …
Joined: 2026-05-07
H. Res. 1249 (119th)
Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 202…
Joined: 2026-04-30

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Voting History

516 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.

Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-05-05	H.R. 36 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2025-05-05	H.R. 530 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2025-05-01	H.J. Res. 88 (119th)	Final passage	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Passed
2025-05-01	H.J. Res. 78 (119th)	Final passage	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Passed
2025-04-30	H.J. Res. 89 (119th)	Final passage	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Passed
2025-04-30	H.J. Res. 87 (119th)	Final passage	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Passed
2025-04-29	H.J. Res. 60 (119th)	Final passage	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Passed
2025-04-29	H.R. 859 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2025-04-29	H.R. 1442 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2025-04-29	H.R. 1402 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2025-04-29	H. Res. 354 (119th)	Approve resolution	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Passed
2025-04-29	H. Res. 354 (119th)	End debate now	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Passed
2025-04-28	S. 146 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2025-04-28	H.R. 973 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NOT_VOTING	YES	—	Passed
2025-04-10	H.R. 22 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-10	H.R. 22 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-04-10	H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)	Accept Senate changes	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-10	H.R. 1228 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-10	H.R. 1526 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-09	H.R. 1526 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-04-09	S.J. Res. 18 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-09	S.J. Res. 28 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-09	H. Res. 313 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-09	H. Res. 313 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-08	H. Res. 294 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-08	H. Res. 294 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-04-07	H.R. 1039 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-07	H.R. 586 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-01	H.R. 1491 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-01	H. Res. 282 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-04-01	H. Res. 282 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-31	H.R. 997 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-31	H.R. 517 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.J. Res. 75 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.J. Res. 24 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H. Res. 242 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H. Res. 242 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H.R. 1534 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-24	H.R. 1326 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-24	H.R. 359 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.J. Res. 25 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1968 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1968 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1156 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H. Res. 211 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed

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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