As all of us in Kansas City get excited for #OpeningDay, I hope @royals.com fans will take a moment to read this piece and reflect on how fortunate we are to have individuals like Bobby Witt Jr. and Patrick Mahomes representing our great city.
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Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Missouri District 5
Emanuel Cleaver
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Voting Record — 568
Yes40%
No54%
Present0%
Not Voting5%
Party align99%
Cross-party0%
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Emanuel Cleaver
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratMissouri District 5
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Emanuel's ATmosphere Activity
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Whether you live in urban or rural America, SNAP plays an essential role in keeping families fed and communities strong.
Tragically, President Trump and House Republicans are working to slash funding for SNAP to fund another tax cut for their billionaire donors.
I was proud to stand with National Rural Letter Carriers yesterday in the nation’s capital to continue the fight against privatization at the U.S. Postal Service.
Together, we will protect this vital service for the families, workers, and communities who have depended on it for over 2 centuries.
At minimum, Secretary of Defense Hegseth and National Security Adviser Waltz should resign or be fired—and an investigation should commence immediately.
The information Hegseth disclosed on Signal was classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had not even started yet, officials tell us.
“It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court martialed for this,” a defense official said. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Congress must initiate immediate and thorough investigations into the worst national security breach in modern American history.
Anything less disrespects the brave men and women who continue to serve in the U.S. military.
My staff and I were honored to meet with Harvesters to talk about their vital work to keep food on the table of Missouri families—and how cuts to SNAP will undermine food security across the region.
Team Cleaver will always fight to protect nutrition programs for our neighbors.
Transparency is essential to rooting out waste, fraud, and corruption.
So why is the Trump Administration illegally removing public spending databases used to hold the federal government accountable?
rollcall.com/2025/03/24/w...
In the United States of America, everyone deserves equal pay for equal work, period!
This Equal Pay Day, I join the @demwomencaucus.bsky.social in fighting to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to ensure women are paid fairly for their work they do. #EqualPay
With the blessing of President Trump, the richest man in the world has been allowed to fire essential staff at the Social Security Administration, defund phone services that seniors rely on, and close local SSA offices.
They’re intentionally sabotaging Social Security.
Social Security in turmoil:
— SSA website crashed four times in 10 days this month
— Phone service a mess following Musk-led cuts
— Agency no longer has a system to monitor customers’ experience due to DOGE
— Major staff exodus
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The danger with installing loyalists over qualified, nonpartisan experts is that the loyalists are typically very incompetent.
Senate Republicans knew that a Fox News host leading the Department of Defense would endanger our troops and America’s national security—and they confirmed him anyway.
As the GOP defunds essential services at the Social Security Administration, President Trump and the GOP are now threatening to “shut down” the SSA, which will prevent seniors from getting the benefits that they earned through a lifetime of hard work.
www.newsweek.com/social-secur...
“From layoffs at the Department of Veterans Affairs to a Pentagon purge of archives that documented diversity in the military, veterans have been acutely affected by Trump’s actions.”
While Democrats are fighting to protect the jobs and benefits of veterans, the GOP is hanging them out to dry.
The USPS is a vital public service that ensures seniors get their medications, small businesses can ship their products, and so much more.
Yesterday, I joined NALC Branch 30 and local postal workers in KC to fight against efforts to privatize the Post Office.
www.kmbc.com/article/usps...
I joined Fox4 this weekend to discuss my work in Washington and how Democrats are fighting back against the Trump Administration’s reckless cuts to essential services that support Missouri seniors, veterans, and hardworking families.
Watch here:
fox4kc.com/politics/4-t...
Most seniors on Social Security in #MO05 don’t have a billionaire as an in-law.
Missing out on a Social Security check would mean forgoing food, rent, or medications.
But President Trump’s cabinet of MAGA billionaires think whoever complains about cuts to Social Security aren’t real Americans.
As President Trump and Republicans in Congress pursue their extreme, chaotic agenda—which includes gutting federal services and firing federal workers to fund tax cuts for billionaires—layoffs are on the rise, costs continue to go up, and the economy slowing.
Find more information on our bipartisan bill to provide federal funding for cerebral palsy research here:
cleaver.house.gov/media-center...
As we recognize Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, I’m proud to stand with my friend @repcohen.bsky.social to introduce bipartisan legislation that would finally provide federal funding to research cerebral palsy, the most common life-long physical disability impacting Americans today.
President Trump and Elon Musk believe local libraries and museums should be defunded.
Whether it’s the KC Public Library, National WWI Museum and Memorial, or the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, I’ll always fight to defend federal funding for our local landmarks.
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Republican cuts to Medicaid would harm nearly 160,000 Missourians in #MO05 and more than 1 million across the state, devastate rural healthcare, and raise costs on hardworking families.
We must stand together to #ProtectOurCare!
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
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Voting History568 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
568 total votes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-12 | H.R. 4 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-12 | S. 331 (119th) | Final passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-11 | H. Res. 499 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 884 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H.R. 2096 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-10 | H. Res. 489 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 481 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H. Res. 488 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-09 | H.R. 2035 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-06 | H.R. 2966 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2987 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-05 | H.R. 2931 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-04 | H.R. 2483 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-04 | H.R. 2483 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-06-04 | H. Res. 458 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-04 | H. Res. 458 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-03 | H.R. 1804 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-06-03 | H.R. 1642 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H.R. 1 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-05-22 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | H. Res. 436 (119th) | Consideration of the Resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-22 | — | Motion to Adjourn | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-05-20 | S.J. Res. 13 (119th) | Final passage | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Passed |
| 2025-05-20 | H.R. 1223 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-05-20 | H. Res. 426 (119th) | Approve resolution | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Passed |
| 2025-05-20 | H. Res. 426 (119th) | End debate now | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Passed |
| 2025-05-19 | H.R. 1286 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-05-19 | H.R. 1263 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-05-15 | H.R. 2240 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-15 | H.R. 2255 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H. Res. 352 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H.R. 2243 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H. Res. 405 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H. Res. 405 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-14 | H.R. 2215 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-13 | H.R. 249 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-13 | H. Con. Res. 30 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-08 | H.R. 276 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-08 | H.R. 276 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-05-07 | H.R. 881 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-05-07 | H.R. 1503 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | 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.