![Photo of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO5]](/static/legislator-photos/400639-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 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 liberal–conservative 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 6, 2015 to Feb 18, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Emanuel Cleaver II sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy subcommittee Chair
- National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy subcommittee Chair
Housing, Community Development, and Insurance subcommittees -
House Committee on Homeland Security
Transportation and Maritime Security subcommittees
- House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Enacted Legislation
Cleaver was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1454 (113th): To make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6198 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as the “Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 3572 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4320 Blue Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, as the “Wallace S. Hartsfield Post Office Building”.
Does 3 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Cleaver sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (40%) Transportation and Public Works (20%) Education (20%) Health (20%)
Recent Bills
Some of Cleaver’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 830: Congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs on their victory in Super Bowl LIV.
- H.Res. 671: Urging the United Arab Emirates to immediately end any activities enabling money laundering ...
- H.R. 4403: Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2019
- H.R. 4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 3778: Cady Housh and Gemesha Thomas Student Suicide Prevention Act of 2019
- H.R. 3757: 1921 Silver Dollar Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 3699: Pipeline Security Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2005 to Feb 2020, Cleaver missed 620 of 10,861 roll call votes, which is 5.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.2% 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 and major life events.
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
