James P. McGovern

U.S. Representative · MA-2 · Democrat · Ranking Member, Rules

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 11, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

0.58· expected 0.66

Meets expectations

Rank 238 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 22 minority-party ranking members

How far McGovern’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

22 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 21 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How McGovern’s ratings compare with every representative

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is McGovern.

98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 15 missed of 676

Voted on 661 of 676 roll calls; missed 15. Lower than 58% of House members.

15%100%

100/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 22 of 214

Sided with the Democratic majority on 464 votes that split the parties. Higher than 94% of House members.

45%100%

8/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −4

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 91% of House members.

0%70%

−0.54

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

2 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in McGovern’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 5439 Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot ActEstablishes a pilot program for medically tailored home-delivered meals. AI-readHealth · Out of committee Sep 16, 2026Substantive1.6k words Out of committee
H.R. 1834 To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.Addresses multiple policy priorities to reduce legislative gridlock. AI-readCongress · Out of committee Feb 10, 2026Substantive135 words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.