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Seat

Representative for Missouri District 5

Born

October 26, 1944

Age 81

Phone

(202) 225-4535

Office

2217 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Missouri District 5

Emanuel Cleaver

Emanuel Cleaver II is an American politician and United Methodist pastor serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 51st mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, from 1991 to 1999, becoming the first Black person to hold that role.

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Voting Record — 552

Yes40%

No55%

Present0%

Not Voting5%

Party align99%

Cross-party0%

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Congressional District 5

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Emanuel Cleaver

U.S. RepresentativeDemocratMissouri District 5

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Emanuel's ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 19 sponsored · 194 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJul 1(source)

“We all are going to die” — Senator Ernst “They’ll get over it” — Senator McConnell “It’s immaterial” — VP Vance This is what Republicans think about ripping healthcare away from 16 million working class Americans to fund more tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit their wealthy donors.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 26(source)

Rural families and hospitals in states like Missouri are already struggling to stay afloat. Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill will only exacerbate the rural healthcare crisis by defunding local providers and ripping healthcare away from hardworking Missourians. We must #KillTheBill

Julie Tsirkin

@newsjul.bsky.social

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WATCH: I traveled to rural parts of Missouri to hear from patients and providers directly Their message to lawmakers considering Medicaid cuts that would impact their funding? "There is no more fat to trim" www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 26(source)

If Republicans follow through on the largest cut to Medicaid in history, it will hurt families in every state and of every political ideology. This includes millions of kids, veterans, Americans with disabilities, and so many more. We must #KillTheBill! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

Trump’s Bill Slashes the Safety Net That Many Republican Voters Rely on

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 26(source)

The President’s tariff taxes, funding freezes, and general recklessness are already having an impact on the economy, leading to negative GDP and a slowdown from consumers. Now, watch what happens if the GOP rips healthcare away from 16 million Americans and makes the largest cut to SNAP in history.

CNN

@cnn.com

Open post ↗

US economy shrank much faster in the first quarter than previously reported as consumers reined in their spending

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 26(source)

"With its distinctive mix of tax cuts laser-focused on the rich and spending cuts that most hurt middle- and low-income Americans, it would shift more resources up the income ladder than any bill passed since scorekeepers started keeping track.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

Opinion | How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 26(source)

Planned Parenthood provides important services like cancer screenings and prenatal support. The Supreme Court’s decision to put partisanship over patients will guarantee that Americans are sicker and more will die unnecessarily. It’s shameful.

The Associated Press

@apnews.com

Open post ↗

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 26(source)

Today, we celebrate #EqualityDay and the landmark SCOTUS decisions in Lawrence, Windsor, & Obergefell in the fight for LGBTQI+ equality. I'm proud to be working with @equality.house.gov in upholding the promise of these rulings & our Constitution for LGBTQI+ Americans.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

My bill with @repshontelbrown.bsky.social would expand library resources in correctional facilities nationwide to advance reintegration efforts, reduce recidivism, and increase educational opportunities for incarcerated citizens. More here: cleaver.house.gov/media-center...

Reps. Cleaver, Jackson Lee, and Brown Introduce Bill to Advance Reintegration Efforts, Reduce Recidivism, and Increase Educational Opportunities for Incarcerated Individuals

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Shontel Brown (D-OH) introduced the Prison Libraries Act to expand library resources in U.S.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

Prison libraries play a critical role in growing the skills of incarcerated individuals and reducing recidivism, ensuring safer communities and fewer tax dollars spent on mass incarceration. That’s why I introduced the Prison Libraries Act. www.ala.org/sites/defaul...

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill is the most fiscally irresponsible legislation in generations. It would rip healthcare away from 16 million Americans, make the largest cut to SNAP in history, and add trillions to the national debt—all to fund more tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.

Ways and Means Committee Democrats

@waysmeanscmte.bsky.social

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Republicans claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility, but then they vote for one of the most expensive bills in history. Here’s how they’re spinning it:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

Our local firefighters sacrifice so much to keep our communities safe. Today, I had the opportunity to meet with the IAFF and the loved ones of those who made the ultimate sacrifice to discuss ways in which we can invest in and better protect these heroes. Thank you for all that you do.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

As the Trump administration does the bidding of giant corporations and Wall Street, American families are paying the price with higher fees and lost compensation. That’s why Democrats are fighting to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau! www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Trump's CFPB rollback has cost Americans $18 billion, consumer groups say

President Donald Trump's rapid pullback of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans at least $18 billion in higher fees and lost compensation for consumers allegedly cheated by major companies, according to an analysis released Tuesday by two organizations.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

The only way to tackle this crisis is by working together—which is why I'm championing the Rural Housing Service Reform Act to cut through unnecessary red tape & strengthen federal rural housing programs. Because everyone deserves an affordable place to call home! cleaver.house.gov/media-center...

Missouri Reps. Cleaver, Luetkemeyer Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Rural Housing Programs

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) announced the introduction of the Rural Housing Service Reform Act. The bipartisan bill would ...

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

As Americans in every community continue to struggle with our national housing affordability crisis, I was grateful to speak with members of the Council for Affordable and Rural Housing (CARH) to discuss ways in which Congress can lower housing costs in Rural America.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

I was proud to help pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to help #EndGunViolence. In the three years since, we’ve closed the “boyfriend” loophole, expanded background checks, enhanced federal prosecutors’ abilities to target dangerous illegal gunrunners, and more.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

The president’s dangerous, unconstitutional, and unilateral decision to strike Iran—which put American troops & civilians at risk, while wasting hundreds of millions of dollars—has apparently failed to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. Diplomacy, like the JCPOA, is the best path to maintaining peace.

CNN

@cnn.com

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CNN Exclusive: Early US intel suggests American strikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear sites and likely only set the program back by months, sources say. cnn.it/4nh2JUF

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 25(source)

“Under Trump so far, it is taking at least double the time to process a claim than it did under Biden.” The president’s assault on federal workers is leading to worse service and longer delays for seniors seeking assistance with Social Security. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Social Security stops reporting call wait times and other metrics

The changes are the latest sign of the agency’s struggle with website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field offices amid Trump cutbacks.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 24(source)

“They’ll get over it” No, 16 million Americans will not get over having their healthcare ripped away from them because of the callousness of congressional Republicans.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 24(source)

The Senate is making Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill even uglier for states like Missouri, ensuring our local hospitals lose much-needed funding and families are kicked off their healthcare. I’ll keep fighting to prevent this disaster from becoming law.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 24(source)

Just last week I had the chance to visit Literacy KC, and I know for certain that these cuts would hit organizations doing the work to build community through literacy education hard, but the people who rely on them even harder. I’m fighting back because literacy isn’t optional – it’s essential.

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Sponsored Bills(19)

H.J. Res. 162 (119th)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of t…
H.R. 8402 (119th)
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase civics education pro…
H.R. 8325 (119th)
To require an independent review process for the prohibition of books at Bureau of Prisons f…
H.R. 8296 (119th)
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 t…
H.R. 8002 (119th)
To require coverage of incarcerated workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and …

Cosponsored Bills(194)

H. Res. 1318 (119th)
Expressing support for the designation of the month of May 2026 as "Progressive Supranuclear…
Joined: 2026-05-21
H. Res. 1316 (119th)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by…
Joined: 2026-05-21
H.R. 8940 (119th)
To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for ot…
Joined: 2026-05-20
H.R. 8907 (119th)
To direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement the…
Joined: 2026-05-19
H.R. 8831 (119th)
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and ba…
Joined: 2026-05-14

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Voting History

552 total votes

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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-10	H.R. 3838 (119th)	Approve amendment	YES	YES	✓	Agreed to
2025-09-09	H. Res. 682 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-09	H. Res. 682 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-08	H.R. 3425 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-09-08	H.R. 3424 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.R. 4553 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-09-04	H.J. Res. 105 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-04	H.J. Res. 106 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-04	H.J. Res. 104 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-03	H. Res. 539 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-09-03	H. Res. 672 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-03	H. Res. 672 (119th)	End debate now	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-09-02	H.R. 747 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-09-02	H.R. 4216 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-07-23	H.R. 4275 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-07-23	H.R. 3357 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-07-22	H.R. 1917 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-07-22	H.R. 3937 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-07-21	H.R. 3351 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-07-21	H.R. 3095 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Passed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Send back to committee	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-07-18	H.R. 4016 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-07-18	H. Res. 590 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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