Emanuel Cleaver, Representative for Missouri's 5th Congressional District

Cleaver is the representative for Missouri’s 5^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 4, 2005. Cleaver is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 78 years old.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Cleaver.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Cleaver is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Cleaver has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 17, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Emanuel Cleaver sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Housing and Insurance subcommittee Ranking Member
Capital Markets subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Cleaver was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

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Does 6 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Cleaver sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (28%) Housing and Community Development (21%) Health (10%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Commerce (8%) Education (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Cleaver recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Cleaver voted Yea

H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Passed 329/101 on Jul 14, 2022.

Cleaver voted Yea

S. 2322: CURD Act

Failed 230/162 on Dec 20, 2018.

Cleaver voted Yea

H.R. 4293: Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017

Passed 245/174 on Apr 11, 2018.

H.R. 4293 improves the stress testing process for bank holding companies. Specifically, the bill improves the process by: - Requiring certain bank holding companies to …

Cleaver voted Nay

H.R. 79: HALOS Act

Passed 344/73 on Jan 10, 2017.

H.R. 79 amends the Securities Act of 1933 to clarify that certain startup companies are able to give presentations about their company and host certain …

Cleaver voted Nay

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Cleaver voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Cleaver voted Aye

H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012

Passed 223/197 on Aug 2, 2012.

Cleaver voted Nay

H.Con.Res. 13 (112th): Reaffirming “In God We Trust” as the official motto of the United States and supporting and encouraging …

Passed 396/9 on Nov 1, 2011.

Cleaver voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Cleaver voted Nay

H.Res. 1031 (110th): Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an …

Passed 229/182 on Mar 11, 2008.

Cleaver voted Nay

S. 1 (110th): Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007

Passed 411/8 on Jul 31, 2007.

The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Pub.L. 110–81, 121 Stat. 735, enacted September 14, 2007) is a law of the United States …

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Mar 2023, Cleaver missed 684 of 12,185 roll call votes, which is 5.6%. This is much worse than the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	10	11.1%	94^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	2	0.7%	20^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	22^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	2	1.2%	30^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	11	4.0%	80^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	17	10.7%	95^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	23^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	14	3.6%	77^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	55^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	17	6.5%	81^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	25^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	6	1.9%	40^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	6	2.9%	61^st
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	86^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	52^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	4	1.3%	35^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	53^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	39^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	14	7.2%	88^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	68^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	6	4.0%	78^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	5	5.1%	63^rd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	8	3.8%	82^nd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	74^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	40^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	6	2.9%	64^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	23	15.2%	96^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	68^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	11	7.2%	89^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	4	7.8%	76^th
2013 Jan-Jan 112th Congress	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	12	13.5%	93^rd
2013 Apr-Jun	215	18	8.4%	91^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	21	10.5%	93^rd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	24	16.2%	96^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	32	14.6%	97^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	13	8.8%	94^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	3	6.1%	85^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	10	6.9%	87^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	41	16.8%	96^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	22	15.8%	97^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	10	5.6%	89^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	34	24.8%	96^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	3	1.5%	40^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	78^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	33	15.9%	98^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	3	2.2%	61^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	43	21.6%	95^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	53^rd
2018 Jan-Mar	129	15	11.6%	95^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	37^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	5	4.9%	83^rd
2018 Nov-Dec	85	2	2.4%	61^st
2019 Jan-Mar	136	5	3.7%	78^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	7	2.4%	68^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	7	5.6%	90^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	1	0.7%	31^st
2020 Jan-Mar	102	22	21.6%	97^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	78^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Oct-Dec	40	1	2.5%	43^rd
2021 Jan-Mar	97	0	0.0%	0^th
2021 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	42^nd
2021 Jul-Sep	108	1	0.9%	37^th
2021 Oct-Dec	137	3	2.2%	75^th
2022 Jan-Mar	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2022 Apr-Jun	197	0	0.0%	0^th
2022 Jul-Sep	178	0	0.0%	0^th
2022 Nov-Dec	72	0	0.0%	0^th
2023 Jan-Mar	143	57	39.9%	98^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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