James “Jim” McGovern, Representative for Massachusetts's 2nd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills McGovern has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). McGovern is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for McGovern for more statistics.

Committee Membership

James “Jim” McGovern sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Agriculture
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition
- Member, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research
House Committee on Rules
- Member, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

McGovern sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (43%) Armed Forces and National Security (20%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Agriculture and Food (8%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (8%) Immigration (5%) Taxation (5%) Education (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of McGovern’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1997 to Sep 2016, McGovern missed 208 of 13,432 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 18 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	71	4	5.6%	72^nd
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	12^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	23^rd
1998 Apr-Jun	185	3	1.6%	38^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	47^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	9	12.2%	97^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	74^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	26^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	21^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	1	0.4%	13^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	9	8.9%	61^st
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	59^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	40^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	36^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	41^st
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	18^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	43^rd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	42^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	19^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	4	1.8%	41^st
2004 Jul-Sep	161	8	5.0%	61^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	6	10.3%	82^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	48^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	5	3.1%	57^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	24^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	56^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	10	2.5%	66^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	15^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	4	1.5%	28^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	32^nd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	5	1.6%	32^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	2	1.1%	34^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	8	2.6%	57^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	6	2.2%	59^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	16	6.5%	82^nd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	2	1.0%	23^rd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	27^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	1	1.0%	19^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	46^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	59^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	2	0.7%	34^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	33^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	55^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	40^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	6	2.8%	63^rd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	41^st
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	75^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	29^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	75^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	50^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	6	3.4%	78^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	8	5.8%	67^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	214	1	0.5%	24^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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