Rep. James McGovern

Democrat  •  3rd District, Massachusetts  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1997
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02/07/12
Southborough's state legislators face challenges this election season

Above: Rep. Carolyn Dykema (left) and Senator Jamie Eldridge (center) at a Board of Selectmen meeting last year The local election field is starting to shape up, and it looks like both of Southborough's legislators in the State House – ... In 2010

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02/07/12
ad astra: Want Your Democracy Back?

If you don't know the process required to amend the Constitution, you really ought to find out about it. Constitutional amendments are rare. U.S. Representative Jim McGovern has offered a bill in the House of Representatives ...

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02/06/12
Meet Your Congressman | Owen Freeman-Daniels, Ward 3 City ...

Meet Your Congressman. Posted by owen on February 5th, 2012. 12-02-12 McGovern Haymarket event.pdf 1_cr_cr. Rep. Jim McGovern will be at the Haymarket Cafe on Sun, Feb 12 from 4-5:30. If you wish to attend, please write ...

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02/05/12
Meet Your Congressman | Owen Freeman-Daniels, Ward 3 City ...

Meet Your Congressman. Posted by owen on February 5th, 2012. 12-02-12 McGovern Haymarket event.pdf 1_cr_cr. Rep. Jim McGovern will be at the Haymarket Cafe on Sun, Feb 12 from 4-5:30. If you wish to attend, please write ...

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02/04/12
Common Man News: Obama Administration Using Loophole To ...

Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) have each introduced a resolution in their respective chambers to prevent the U.S. government from going through with the original sale, which would have included 44 armored, ...

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02/04/12
The state of corporate personhood « The Scarlet [online]

Congressman Jim McGovern, the representative for Massachusetts's third district (which includes Worcester), was on the panel. He has championed the People's Rights Amendment in the House of Representatives.

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02/04/12
Renee Parsons: Bahrain Arms Sale Challenges Congress ...

Jim McGovern (D-Mass) and Sen. Ron Wyden (R-Ore) to circulate a letter to colleagues in opposition to the sale ... FMS requests meet the in-their-defense-only goals set out in the AECA. Rep. McGovern's point that to approve the Bahrain request "

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02/04/12
Common Man News: Obama Administration Using Loophole To ...

Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) have each introduced a resolution in their respective chambers to prevent the U.S. government from going through with the original sale, which would have included 44 armored, ...

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02/04/12
Common Man News: Obama Administration Using Loophole To ...

Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) have each introduced a resolution in their respective chambers to prevent the U.S. government from going through with the original sale, which would have included 44 armored, ...

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02/03/12
The state of corporate personhood « The Scarlet [online]

Congressman Jim McGovern, the representative for Massachusetts's third district (which includes Worcester), was on the panel. He has championed the People's Rights Amendment in the House of Representatives.

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02/03/12
Renee Parsons: Bahrain Arms Sale Challenges Congress ...

Jim McGovern (D-Mass) and Sen. Ron Wyden (R-Ore) to circulate a letter to colleagues in opposition to the sale ... FMS requests meet the in-their-defense-only goals set out in the AECA. Rep. McGovern's point that to approve the Bahrain request "

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02/01/12
Watchdogs Say Transparency Efforts Fall Short : Roll Call News

Watchdogs Say Transparency Efforts Fall Short. By Eugene Mulero and Kristin Coyner; CQ Roll Call Staff; Feb. 1, 2012, Midnight. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo. Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern said Republicans haven't kept their promises ...

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02/01/12
Watchdogs Say Transparency Efforts Fall Short : Roll Call News

Watchdogs Say Transparency Efforts Fall Short. By Eugene Mulero and Kristin Coyner; CQ Roll Call Staff; Feb. 1, 2012, Midnight. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo. Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern said Republicans haven't kept their promises ...

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01/31/12
Corporate Personhood: Time to Get Personal? | OccupyMBA

In that page, constitutional amendments proposed by US Rep. Jim McGovern, US Rep. Ted Deutch, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that would reverse Citizens United v. FEC are described. This, of course, is an idea that radio ...

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01/30/12
Obama administration using loophole to quietly sell arms package to ...

Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) have each introduced a resolution in their respective chambers to prevent the U.S. government from going through with the original sale, which would have included 44 armored, ...

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01/30/12
US moves ahead with military sales to Bahrain - KTIV News 4 Sioux ...

Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., collected signatures from lawmakers on a letter they plan to send to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton later this week expressing their opposition to the ...

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01/30/12
“Consolidation,” land restitution, and rising tensions in Montes de ...

(WOLA staff also visited the region in August 2011, accompanying U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern [D-Massachusetts].) We found a zone where, following several years of relative peace, tensions are rising. The national government ...

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01/30/12
Military sales move ahead to Bahrain | Associated Press

Ron Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern collected signatures from lawmakers on a letter they plan to send to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton later this week expressing their opposition. Copyright Associated Press ...

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01/30/12
Obama administration using loophole to quietly sell arms package to ...

Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) have each introduced a resolution in their respective chambers to prevent the U.S. government from going through with the original sale, which would have included 44 armored, ...

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01/28/12
Fight For Better US: Two Years Later: Showdown With 'Citizens United'

... Senator Tom Udall and Representative Betty Sutton; Representative Ted Deutsch and Senator Bernie Sanders; Representative Jim McGovern; Representative John Yarmuth and Republican Representative Walter Jones; ...

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01/28/12
Where are they Now? | malibu News

Also back in 1993, current Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) served as press secretary to the late House Rules Committee Chairman Joe Moakley (D-MA). McGovern succeeded Moakley in office and is now a senior member of the ...

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01/28/12
Middle East Focus-Arabia Deserta: Obama and Clinton and ...

Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) have each introduced a resolution in their respective chambers to prevent the U.S. government from going through with the original sale, which would have included 44 armored, ...

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01/28/12
The New World Order Update: Obama administration using loophole ...

Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) have each introduced a resolution in their respective chambers to prevent the U.S. government from going through with the original sale, which would have included 44 armored, ...

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01/28/12
Kurdish Human Rights Watch KHRW Meets Rep. Jim McGovern

KHRW Meets Rep. Jim McGovern. Dr. Pary Karadaghi brings out the smiles in Massachusetts Rep. McGovern during their recent meeting. KHRW continues its Advocacy on the Hill campaign, raising awareness in Congress of the needs of ...

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01/27/12
Kurdish Human Rights Watch KHRW Meets Rep. Jim McGovern

KHRW Meets Rep. Jim McGovern. Dr. Pary Karadaghi brings out the smiles in Massachusetts Rep. McGovern during their recent meeting. KHRW continues its Advocacy on the Hill campaign, raising awareness in Congress of the needs of ...

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01/27/12
Kurdish Human Rights Watch KHRW Meets Rep. Jim McGovern

KHRW Meets Rep. Jim McGovern. Dr. Pary Karadaghi brings out the smiles in Massachusetts Rep. McGovern during their recent meeting. KHRW continues its Advocacy on the Hill campaign, raising awareness in Congress of the needs of ...

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01/27/12
Obama administration using loophole to quietly sell arms package to ...

Wyden and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) have each introduced a resolution in their respective chambers to prevent the U.S. government from going through with the original sale, which would have included 44 armored, ...

Source: Josh Rogin
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01/27/12
Kurdish Human Rights Watch KHRW Meets Rep. Jim McGovern

KHRW Meets Rep. Jim McGovern. Dr. Pary Karadaghi brings out the smiles in Massachusetts Rep. McGovern during their recent meeting. KHRW continues its Advocacy on the Hill campaign, raising awareness in Congress of the needs of ...

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01/26/12
Live Life King Size: An outpouring of support.

Reps. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Cooper (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Gene Greene ...

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01/25/12
The CryptoGnomicon: Reply from Representative Jim McGovern

Reply from Representative Jim McGovern. Thank you for contacting me about H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) . Freedom of speech and consumer protection are important to me, and I appreciate hearing from ...

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