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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.govJun 20(source)
This morning, I joined leaders in #MO05 to shine a light on the sharp rise in food insecurity hitting our communities. During #HungerActionMonth, we’re calling out the Trump administration’s dangerous cuts to federal nutrition programs & standing up for every family’s right to food, dignity, & care.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 20(source)
On #Juneteenth, I stood with @seiulocal1.bsky.social janitors in Kansas City – Black, Brown, and immigrant workers fighting for the dignity of fair wages. The struggle for racial and economic justice is one and the same and I am proud to stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 18(source)
The president’s tariff taxes are raising costs at a time when families are already struggling with the cost of living—and it’s beginning to slow the economy. It’s time for Republicans to stand up to this short-sighted and self-sabotaging trade policy.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Open post ↗
CNN: "Breaking just moments ago. New data showing consumers cut back spending sharply last month ... this does appears to at least partially be driven by a hangover from tariffs."
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 18(source)
From New England to the Heartland, American families in every community are struggling with our national housing affordability crisis, which is why we need an all-hands-on-deck approach to lower costs. That’s why we’re pushing for bold, sustained federal investment - everyone deserves stable housing
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 18(source)
As we discuss the steps government can take -at the local, state, and federal level- we’re focused on solutions that expand affordable housing production, strengthen public housing, and lower housing costs for families nationwide.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 18(source)
Proud to join my friend and Congressional Public Housing Caucus co-chair @lynch.house.gov for an important housing forum in his district of #MA08 today. We’re united in our belief: housing is a human right – & it’s more critical than ever that we protect and expand affordable housing options.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 17(source)
It turns out the American people don’t want Republicans to rip healthcare away from 16 million people, make the largest cut to food assistance programs in history, and add trillions of dollars to the debt—just to fund tax breaks for billionaires like Donald Trump.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Open post ↗
Harry Enten on Trump's bill: "The amount of disapproval for this bill -- holy cow, my goodness gracious! We're talking about 29 points underwater ... we're talking about a negative 41 net favorability rating among independents. You rarely ever see proposed pieces of legislation as unpopular"
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 17(source)
Those who served the U.S. in the military and defended our freedoms should always be above petty politics. It’s completely unacceptable that the president is enabling the refusal of benefits to certain veterans based on their political views or marital status. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 17(source)
In March, the president signed into law bipartisan funding for National Heritage Areas, which help to preserve local history while creating jobs and boosting our economies. But the funding hasn't arrived. @davids.house.gov & I are calling for answers kansasreflector.com/2025/06/16/f...
Freedom's Frontier will 'cease to exist' if Congress rescinds funding for National Heritage Areas • Kansas Reflector
Freedom's Frontier, a coalition of more than 200 historically significant sites on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri border, will cease to exist if Congress approves proposed legislation to defund Nat...
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 16(source)
“The bill as passed by the House in May would raise after-tax incomes for the highest-earning 10 percent of American households on average by 2.3 percent a year over the next decade, while lowering incomes for the poorest tenth by 3.9 percent” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades
Estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, released Thursday, offer a detailed view into the effects on income groups.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 16(source)
President Trump said he would fight for working class families. Instead, he’s ripping healthcare away from 16 million Americans, making the largest cut to SNAP in American history, and exploding our national deficit—all to give more tax breaks to billionaires like him.
The Washington Post
@washingtonpost.com
Open post ↗
Funding cuts to Medicaid and other programs included in the sweeping tax-and-spending bill would hurt low-income households financially more than the tax cuts would boost their finances, according to nonpartisan analyses of the bill.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 16(source)
My bill would reauthorize and expand the Choice Neighborhood Program to expand the construction of affordable housing options, while opening the door for working class families to access new opportunities and climb the economic ladder. More here: cleaver.house.gov/media-center...
Reps. Cleaver, Lynch, Meeks, Torres Introduce Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Public Housing Caucus Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Stephen Lyn...
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 16(source)
As American families struggle with our national housing affordability crisis, we need an all-hands-on deck approach to promote the development of affordable housing and rejuvenation of public housing all over the country. That’s why I introduced the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 16(source)
“Rural hospitals are sounding the alarm over proposed healthcare cuts in President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending package" Rural healthcare is already struggling to stay afloat—but the Big Ugly Bill will decimate these services for Rural America.
Reuters
@reuters.com
Open post ↗
Trump Medicaid cuts could devastate rural health services, hospitals warn reut.rs/4k7F3iV
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver@cleaver.house.govJun 16(source)
Congressional Republicans are lying about the CBO, which is headed by a Republican, because their Big Ugly Bill would enact the largest redistribution of wealth from the working poor to the wealthiest 5% in U.S. history. See their analysis here:
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
Open post ↗
CNBC: You've been accused of being partisan. You're a Republican CBO DIRECTOR PHILLIP SWAGEL: I am a Republican. You can see over my shoulder, that sheet of dollar bills is signed by the treasury secretary when I was in the Bush administration.
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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.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2026-03-17H. Res. 1115 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2026-03-17H. Res. 1115 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2026-03-17S. 3971 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-03-17H.R. 4294 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-03-05H.R. 7744 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-03-05H.R. 7744 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2026-03-05H. Con. Res. 38 (119th)Approve resolutionYESYES✓Failed
2026-03-05H. Res. 1099 (119th)Motion to Suspend the Rules and AgreeYESYES✓Passed
2026-03-04H. Res. 1100 (119th)Motion to ReferYESYES✓Passed
2026-03-04H.R. 6472 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-03-04S. 723 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-03-04H. Res. 1095 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2026-03-04H. Res. 1095 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2026-02-25H.R. 4758 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-02-25H.R. 4758 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2026-02-24H.R. 4626 (119th)Final passageNOT_VOTINGNO—Passed
2026-02-24H.R. 4626 (119th)Send back to committeeNOT_VOTINGYES—Failed
2026-02-24H. Res. 1075 (119th)Approve resolutionNOT_VOTINGNO—Passed
2026-02-24H. Res. 1075 (119th)End debate nowNOT_VOTINGNO—Passed
2026-02-24S. 2503 (119th)Fast-track passageNOT_VOTINGYES—Failed
2026-02-24H.R. 6329 (119th)Fast-track passageNOT_VOTINGYES—Passed
2026-02-12H.R. 2189 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-02-11S. 1383 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-02-11S. 1383 (119th)Motion to CommitYESYES✓Failed
2026-02-11H.R. 261 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-02-11H.R. 261 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2026-02-11H.J. Res. 72 (119th)Final passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-02-11H.R. 3617 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-02-11H.R. 3617 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2026-02-11H. Res. 1057 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2026-02-11H. Res. 1057 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2026-02-11H. Res. 1042 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Failed
2026-02-11H. Res. 1042 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2026-02-10H.R. 1531 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-02-09H.R. 6644 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-02-04H.J. Res. 142 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-02-04H.R. 4090 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-02-04H.R. 4090 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2026-02-03H.R. 7148 (119th)Accept Senate changesNONO✓Passed
2026-02-03H. Res. 1032 (119th)Approve resolutionNONO✓Passed
2026-02-03H. Res. 1032 (119th)End debate nowNONO✓Passed
2026-02-03H.R. 3123 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-02-02H.R. 980 (119th)Fast-track passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-01-22H. Con. Res. 68 (119th)Approve resolutionYESYES✓Failed
2026-01-22H.R. 6359 (119th)Final passageNONO✓Passed
2026-01-22H.R. 6359 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYES✓Failed
2026-01-22H.R. 7148 (119th)Final passageYESYES✓Passed
2026-01-22H.R. 7148 (119th)Approve amendmentNONO✓Failed
2026-01-22H.R. 7148 (119th)Approve amendmentNONO✓Failed
2026-01-22H.R. 7147 (119th)Final passageNONO✓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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