Rep. James “Jim” McGovern

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for McGovern.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

McGovern is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills McGovern has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 12, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

James “Jim” McGovern sits on the following committees:

• Chair, House Committee on Rules
• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations

Enacted Legislation

McGovern was the primary sponsor of 10 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 1872 (115th): Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018
• H.R. 3105 (115th): Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act
• H.R. 4405 (112th): Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012
• H.R. 4017 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 43 Maple Avenue in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, as the “Ann Marie Blute Post Office”.
• H.R. 2478 (111th): Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009
• H.R. 6874 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue in Seekonk, Massachusetts, as the “Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepenas Post Office ...
• H.R. 4152 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 320 High Street in Clinton, Massachusetts, as the “Raymond J. Salmon Post Office”.

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

McGovern sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (48%) Armed Forces and National Security (24%) Health (14%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (7%) Education (7%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.Res. 476: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2500) to authorize appropriations for fiscal ...
• H.Res. 466: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3401) making ...
• H.Res. 462: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3401) making emergency supplemental appropriations for ...
• H.Res. 460: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2722) to protect elections for public ...
• H.R. 3332: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for ...
• H.Res. 445: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments ...
• H.Res. 430: Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Jul 2019, McGovern missed 229 of 15,185 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

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

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills