James P. Mcgovern

30 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1997

• Representative MA-3 1997–present

• background Born November 20, 1959; born and raised in Worcester
• background Congressional staff 1981–1996 for Joe Moakley; prior aide to George McGovern
• role U.S. House since 1997 (MA-3 1997–2013, MA-2 2013–present); ranking member Rules Committee
• role Chaired Congressional-Executive Commission on China; co-chair Human Rights Commission
• achievement Leading voice on hunger/food insecurity; key architect McGovern-Dole Program
• role International human rights advocate: El Salvador, Sudan, Colombia, Tibet

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $16,810 · 78 receipts

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 36
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 574 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 36 bills sponsored

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• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

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• 4
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for James P. Mcgovern. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Rules Committee Ranking Member
• Agriculture Committee
• Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
• Rules and Organization of the House Subcommittee

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesOppose from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Mcgovern most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Mcgovern connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov