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PartyDemocratic
StateMissouri
DistrictMO-5
ChamberHouse
CommitteesFinancial Services Committee, Capital Markets Subcommittee, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
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Emanuel Cleaver II represents Missouri's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, a position he has held since 2005. Before his congressional service, he served as Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1991 to 1999, becoming the city's first African American mayor. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee, including its Capital Markets Subcommittee and Housing and Insurance Subcommittee. Cleaver is a United Methodist pastor and has focused his legislative work on financial services, housing policy, and urban development issues.

Name
Emanuel Cleaver II
Party
Democratic
State
Missouri
District
MO-5
Committees
Financial Services Committee, Capital Markets Subcommittee, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
Key Fact 1
Emanuel Cleaver II has represented Missouri's 5th Congressional District since January 2005.
Key Fact 2
He served as Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1991 to 1999, becoming the first African American to hold that position.
Key Fact 3
Cleaver is an ordained United Methodist minister who founded St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City.
Key Fact 4
He serves on the House Financial Services Committee and two of its subcommittees: Capital Markets and Housing and Insurance.
Key Fact 5
Cleaver chaired the Congressional Black Caucus during the 111th Congress (2009-2011).
Key Fact 6
He served on the Kansas City Council for four terms before becoming mayor.
Key Fact 7
Cleaver founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference chapter in Kansas City.
Key Fact 8
He holds a master's degree in divinity from St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City.

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Name
Emanuel Cleaver II
Party
Democratic
State
Missouri
District
MO-5
Chamber
House
Committees
Financial Services Committee, Capital Markets Subcommittee, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
Key Votes
50

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Promise vs. Vote

Promise Kept Rate

60%

Kept 3 of 5 promises this session

3 Kept2 Broken
Protect America's Workforce Act

Co-sponsored · Voted YEA · Dec 11, 2025

PROMISE KEPT
Epstein Files Transparency Act

Co-sponsored · Voted YEA · Nov 18, 2025

PROMISE KEPT
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ''National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 130) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ''Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 131) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ''Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision''; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 58) denouncing the horrors of socialism; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1949) to repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3109) to require the Secretary of Energy to direct the National Petroleum Council to issue a report with respect to petrochemical refineries in the United States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5107) to repeal the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 enacted by the District of Columbia Council; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5214) to require mandatory pretrial and post conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes and require mandatory cash bail for certain offenses that pose a threat to public safety or order in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Co-sponsored · Voted NAY · Nov 18, 2025

PROMISE BROKEN
CEASE Act of 2025

Co-sponsored · Voted NAY · Jun 5, 2025

PROMISE BROKEN
MEGOBARI Act

Co-sponsored · Voted YEA · May 5, 2025

PROMISE KEPT

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