OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - Rep. James McGovern

Average Rating

(rate this)

My Rating: Login to Rate

Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2009	2010	Representative	MA	Democrat
See All 7 Terms

Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H R 36 Presidential Library Donation Reform Act	Aye (with party) January 07, 2009
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H R 35 Presidential Records Act Amendments	Aye (with party) January 07, 2009
H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress. On Agreeing to the Resolution: H RES 5 Adopting rules for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress	Aye (with party) January 06, 2009

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Most often votes with: Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
Least often votes with: Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]
Republican most often votes with: Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
Democrat least often votes with: Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
Votes with party: 97%
Abstains: 1%

Users tracking James McGovern (11) are also tracking:

People	Bills	Issues
Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA] [11] Sen. John Kerry [D, MA] [9] Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2] [2] Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1] [1] Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI] [1]	S.185 Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007 [2] H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 [2] H.R.1955 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terr... [2] H.R.1009 Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 [1] H.R.2669 College Cost Reduction and Access Act [1]	Technology [1] Civil liberties [1] Computer security measures [1] Identity theft [1] Computer software [1]

Show More User Statistics...

James McGovern in the News

January 07, 2009 Swearing in? Or cursing out?

...[it's] going to result in more partisanship, not less." "They chose talking points over accomplishments," countered James McGovern (D-MA) about his Republican colleagues. "They chose to be the party of obstructionism." The debate at issue between

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: MSNBC

December 25, 2008 Medway selectmen followed Open Meeting Law correctly

... of it regarding different matters, including revising minutes from a closed-door executive session, and a meeting last week with US Rep. James McGovern. ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Milford Daily News, USA

December 24, 2008 Cops: Yonkers burglary victims grab bat, chase thief

Police Detective James McGovern came upon the chase and stopped all three men in front of the Church of St. Casimir Church on Nepperhan Avenue after a brief ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Lower Hudson Journal news, NY

609 more articles...
See most useful news articles

Information made available by:

James McGovern in the Blogs

January 07, 2009 Enterprise Architecture: From Incite comes Insight...: Blissful ...

James McGovern is an industry thought leader whose focus is on the human aspects of technology around open source, SOA, software security, enterprise architecture and agile software development. ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Enterprise Architecture: From Incite comes...

January 07, 2009 FlyORH --Worcester Regional Airport: ORH and Solar Energy

Yasin said he has already talked to Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and U.S. Rep. James McGovern, D-Worcester, about his plans. McGovern represents both Worcester and Attleboro. Murray is heading up a task force to compile a list of priority ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: FlyORH --Worcester Regional Airport

January 05, 2009 Charity Angel's Thoughts: Out of Touch

I know many, including myself that contacted their ward committeemen and women and told them to do something about this and tell our representative that we did not want this bailout. So, the question again, are our representatives out ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Charity Angel's Thoughts

1,282 more posts...
See most useful blog posts

Information made available by:

Campaign Contributions

The data below comes from OpenSecrets.org, the website of the non-profit, non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, a group that tracks money in politics. You can create a "My OpenCongress" account to track this Member easily on your profile and share this info with friends.

Open Congress

Person's Page Views

Rep. James McGovern Add to

7 Comments

(rate this)

Sponsored Bill Statistics

Recent Voting History

Voting Trends Analysis

Users tracking James McGovern (11) are also tracking:

James McGovern in the News

January 07, 2009 Swearing in? Or cursing out?

December 25, 2008 Medway selectmen followed Open Meeting Law correctly

December 24, 2008 Cops: Yonkers burglary victims grab bat, chase thief

Information made available by:

James McGovern in the Blogs

January 07, 2009 Enterprise Architecture: From Incite comes Insight...: Blissful ...

January 07, 2009 FlyORH --Worcester Regional Airport: ORH and Solar Energy

January 05, 2009 Charity Angel's Thoughts: Out of Touch

Information made available by:

Campaign Contributions

See more campaign contribution data by visiting James McGovern's profile on OpenSecrets

OpenCongress:

Go to:

Issue Areas by popularity:

Most Viewed Bills:

OpenCongress is a joint project of the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation. Questions? Comments? Contact Us

Data made available by:

Help Open Up Congress:


	Your Email: Friends' Emails: (one per line) Personal Message: (optional) Hi, thought you might be interested in this info from OpenCongress, a public resource website about what's really happening in Congress. Send me a copy (type the code from the image)