I will continue to support a constitutional amendment allowing states and the federal government to regulate spending in elections.

James P. McGovern · Massachusetts · Democratic

policy impact 4.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 94%

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Occurrences

Together, we’ve been fighting to pass a bipartisan Constitutional Amendment called the Democracy for All Amendment, which affirms the right of states and the federal government to pass laws that regulate spending in elections, reversing the concentration of political influence held by the wealthiest Americans and large corporations capable of spending millions of dollars in our elections.

He endorses ongoing efforts to pass the Democracy for All Amendment, which would let governments regulate election spending.

Getting Big Money Out of Politics & Making Washington Work For The People | by Rep. Jim McGovern | Medium
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Evidence

The official bill summary says the resolution would let Congress and the states set reasonable limits on money raised and spent to influence elections, enforce those limits, and bar corporations or similar entities from spending money to influence elections. The page shows it was introduced and referred to committee.

Official legislative evidence that McGovern backed a constitutional amendment in this policy area. The effort was concrete but stalled at introduction, so it shows support rather than enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.J.Res.119 - 113th Congress (2013-2014): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 91%

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The member page shows McGovern still serving as the incumbent House member from Massachusetts's 2nd district and ranking member of the House Rules Committee in 2026. I did not find any new 2026 action on an election-spending constitutional amendment on that page.

Current official office status confirms he remains in federal service, but this page does not add a fresh 2026 data point on the amendment pledge.

unresolved unknown

James P. McGovern | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 63%

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Assessments

delivered same_term

McGovern’s promise was to continue supporting a constitutional amendment in this policy area, not necessarily to enact it. The evidence shows he backed and introduced a joint resolution to let Congress and the states regulate election spending, which is a direct exercise of that support while he was serving in office. The resolution stalled in committee, but the promise itself was about support rather than final passage, so this counts as fulfilled in the same term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 88%