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Politician
DemocratJames P. McGovern
U.S. Representative · Massachusetts · Democrat
Compared with
RepublicanKevin William Powers
Unknown Office · Massachusetts · Republican
- Office
- U.S. Representative
- District
- Massachusetts's 2nd district
- State
- Massachusetts
+75 · Keeps far more than breaks
Promise scorecard · 4 tracked, 4 rated
- Fully Kept0
- Championed4
- Partial0
- Attempted0
- No opportunity0
- Ignored0
- Abstained0
- Misaligned0
- Hostile0
Recent promises
- ChampionedHuman Rights / Foreign Policy (Tibet)
“Enact legislation pressing China to enter genuine negotiations with the Dalai Lama and Tibetan leaders and to safeguard Tibetans' rights and future, through his Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act and Assuring the Future of Tibet Act.”
- ChampionedCampaign Finance / Money in Politics
“Pass the Democracy for All Amendment, a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United by affirming the power of states and the federal government to set limits on and regulate campaign contributions and spending in elections.”
Integrity Score: signed average of per-rating credit × 100, weighted by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is reported separately from popularity. Methodology is open.
- Office
- Unknown Office
- District
- Massachusetts
- State
- Massachusetts
Promise scorecard · 0 tracked
No promises have been rated yet. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are not scored.
Integrity Score: signed average of per-rating credit × 100, weighted by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is reported separately from popularity. Methodology is open.
By the record
Sourced Layer-1 facts — what each official has actually done in office. Neutral: figures stand on their own, never scored against each other.
| James P. McGovern | Kevin William Powers | |
|---|---|---|
| Roll-call votes cast | 609 | — |
| Voted Yea / Nay | 243 / 351 | — |
| Votes against own party | 4% | — |
| Bills sponsored (118th–119th) | 57 | — |
| Of those, became law | 0 | — |
| Raised (latest cycle) | $756K | — |
Sources: Voteview (votes), Congress.gov (bills), FEC (finance). Independence = share of party-line votes cast against the member’s own party majority.
Where they stand — declared issues
Issues where both have a stated position or a tracked promise, shown side by side. These are their own claims — judged separately from whether they kept them.
No shared declared issues yet.
James P. McGovern and Kevin William Powers don’t yet have any topic in common on which both have a stated position or a tracked promise — so there’s nothing to compare issue-by-issue here. That usually just means coverage is still thin. You can help add their sourced positions and promises.