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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 — 534

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 · 206 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialSep 1(source)

(7/🧵) And, for cruelty’s sake, Trump refuses to enforce a rule that protects miners from dangerous silica exposure.

Trump Administration Delays Rule Protecting Coal Miners from Black Lung — Again

Exposure to toxic silica dust is driving an increase in black lung cases among miners across Appalachia.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialSep 1(source)

(6/🧵) Trump’s budget calls for a 30% cut to funding for workplace safety inspections. If his budget passes, almost 10,000 fewer workplaces will be inspected for safety compliance next year.

Trump OSHA budget would cut 10,000 job safety inspections - The Labor Tribune

By MARK GRUENBERG PAI Staff Writer Washington (PAI) — President Donald Trump’s budget for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 would cut job safe...

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialSep 1(source)

(5/🧵) Trump’s Big Ugly Bill slashes the bottom 20 percent’s income & increases healthcare costs for working families—all to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.

Combined Distributional Effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and of Tariffs

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialSep 1(source)

(4/🧵) Trump gutted the top U.S. labor watchdog that protects the rights of private sector workers—including their right to unionize & bargain for better working conditions.

How Trump and corporations have hobbled US labor watchdog

Former NLRB counsel Jennifer Abruzzo says firings and court rulings have left agency toothless

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialSep 1(source)

(3/🧵) Trump stripped union rights from 1 million federal workers.

White House cancels union contracts for hundreds of thousands of federal workers

Government workers are ‘canary in coalmine’ for Trump bid to gut union rights, leaders warn

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialSep 1(source)

(2/🧵) Trump refuses to raise the federal minimum wage, which is now below the poverty level. He’s already cut minimum wage & overtime protections for millions of workers, and he slashed the minimum wage for federal contractors.

The Trump Administration Is Quietly Gutting Minimum Wage Protections for Millions of Workers

The administration has already cut minimum wage protections for hundreds of thousands of federal contract workers and halted plans to require companies to pay disabled workers at least $7.25 per hour;...

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialSep 1(source)

The front row at Trump’s inauguration said it all: he’s for the billionaires, not the people. Now, he’s rolling back hard-won gains on fair pay & workplace safety to line their pockets—and his own. Here’s how his war on workers is already hitting home (1/🧵)

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialAug 31(source)

If Speaker Johnson has an ounce of dignity, he’ll immediately hang the plaque honoring the police officers who defended the Capitol—and our lives—on 1/6.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialAug 31(source)

Traitors don’t deserve to be treated like heroes. It’s outrageous that an insurrectionist who betrayed her oath is receiving the same military honors as those who died defending the Constitution—a spit in the face to the brave men & women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialAug 31(source)

This quack & his brain worm are going to get people killed. Secretary Kennedy must be fired or resign.

Mother Jones

@motherjones.com

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The month of August 2025 may go down as the worst in the history of the US Health and Human Services Department. It’s against this chaos that Democrats are demanding that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. be removed from his post as the nation’s top public health official.

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

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Minneapolis Catholic school shooting leaves 2 children dead, 17 people injured

Two young children were killed and 17 others were injured in a shooting during a Catholic Mass packed with young students in south Minneapolis Wednesday morning. The shooter is also dead.

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

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialAug 26(source)

America has always been a nation of immigrants—a beacon of hope for those fleeing violence & hardship in search of a better life. Today, I hosted a Know Your Rights roundtable to ensure everyone understands their constitutional protections. Dignity is not up for debate.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialAug 25(source)

Looks like something I’ve seen before…

MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

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A large poster of Donald Trump is now hanging from the Department of Labor building in D.C.

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialAug 25(source)

Exactly what you’d say if you’re making backroom deals with the president to secure a pardon. Pam Bondi—prove me wrong. Release ALL of the Epstein Files.

Politico

@politico.com

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Ghislaine Maxwell, who wants a pardon, says she never saw Trump "in any inappropriate setting."

Rep. Jim McGovern@repmcgovern.bsky.socialAug 24(source)

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is great for the well-off and well-connected. The rest of us get screwed.

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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(206)

H.R. 8863 (119th)
To amend title 5, United States Code, to add certain employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tob…
Joined: 2026-05-15
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

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Voting History

534 total votes

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Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-12-16	H. Res. 951 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-16	H.R. 3187 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-12-15	S. 284 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-12-12	H.R. 3668 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-12	H.R. 3668 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-12-11	H.R. 2550 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-12-11	H. Res. 432 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-12-11	H.R. 3898 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-11	H.R. 3898 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-12-11	H.R. 3383 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-11	H.R. 3383 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-12-11	H.R. 3383 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-12-11	H.R. 3383 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-12-11	H.R. 3638 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-11	H.R. 3628 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-11	H. Res. 939 (119th)	Kill the motion	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-10	H. Res. 432 (119th)	Motion to Discharge	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-12-10	S. 1071 (119th)	Final passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2025-12-10	S. 1071 (119th)	Motion to Commit	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-12-10	H. Res. 936 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-10	H. Res. 936 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-10	H.R. 1676 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-12-09	S. 356 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-12-04	H.R. 1049 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-04	H.R. 1069 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-03	H.R. 1005 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-03	H.R. 4305 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-03	H.R. 2965 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-02	H. Res. 916 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-02	H. Res. 916 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-12-02	H.R. 4423 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-12-01	H.R. 5348 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-11-20	H.R. 3109 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-20	H. Res. 893 (119th)	Motion to Refer	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2025-11-20	H.R. 6019 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-11-20	H.R. 4058 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-11-20	H.R. 5107 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-20	H.R. 5214 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-19	H. Res. 888 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-11-19	S.J. Res. 80 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-19	H.J. Res. 131 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-19	H.J. Res. 130 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 888 (119th)	Motion to Refer	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 878 (119th)	Approve resolution	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Passed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 879 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 879 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H.R. 4405 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-11-18	H. Res. 878 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-11-18	H.R. 2659 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-11-17	H.R. 1608 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	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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