James P. McGovern
Rep. James McGovern (D-MA2), in the House since 1997 and a senior member of the Rules and Agriculture Committees, presents a largely clean self-dealing profile. His financial disclosures show holdings concentrated in mutual funds, money market accounts, and real estate, with only one small individual stock position (Owens Corning, up to $15,000) and no record of active STOCK Act trading. His estimated net worth (roughly $2.7M-$3.6M) is modest for his tenure, with no documented enrichment beyond ordinary asset appreciation. The most cited concern is correlation-only: he renounced corporate PAC money in 2019 yet still accepts trade-association PAC funds (notably ~$20K from sugar-industry PACs while serving on the Agriculture Committee), though his funding remains dominated by individuals and labor unions. His voting attendance is excellent (1.4% missed), and no public records surfaced of campaign-fund personal use, revolving-door family lobbying, or fundraising-driven absenteeism.
Public record
- In Congress since
- 1997
- Committees
- Rules (Ranking Member)
Agriculture - Missed votes, 119th Congress
- 2.2% (15 of 674; median member 1.9%)
- Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
- $865K raised · 27% from PACs & committees · $349K cash on hand FEC ↗
The stock-trading ban
H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Disclosed stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.
Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Sources behind this score: 3 data aggregator · 5 reference database · 1 news reporting. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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