Emanuel Cleaver II, 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 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 87% Human Rights Campaign: 86% American Civil Liberties Union: 76% United States Chamber of Commerce: 45% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: C FreedomWorks: 11% NumbersUSA: 6% Americans for Prosperity: 4% The Club for Growth: 0%

Committee Membership

Emanuel Cleaver II sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Enacted Legislation

Cleaver was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

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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:

Transportation and Public Works (50%) Government Operations and Politics (50%)

Recent Bills

Some of Cleaver’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Cleaver’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	H.R. 1599: Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 Jul 23, 2015. Passed 275/150. This bill was enacted as S. 764. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the distribution and labeling related to bioengineered foods (often referred to as genetically modified foods or GMOs). It would ...
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
No	H.R. 2353: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015 May 19, 2015. Passed 387/35.
Nay	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. 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 the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Yea	H.R. 6190 (112th): Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012 Dec 12, 2012. Failed 229/182.
Aye	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. 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 Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.Res. 1031 (110th): Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an ... Mar 11, 2008. Passed 229/182.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Jun 2018, Cleaver missed 571 of 9,876 roll call votes, which is 5.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	10	11.1%	94^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	2	0.7%	29^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	27^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	2	1.2%	27^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	11	4.0%	74^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	17	10.7%	94^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	20^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	14	3.6%	75^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	53^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	17	6.5%	78^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	23^rd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	6	1.9%	37^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	6	2.9%	55^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	4	1.3%	33^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	55^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	35^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	14	7.2%	84^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	69^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	6	4.0%	71^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	5	5.1%	61^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	8	3.8%	85^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	72^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	43^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	6	2.9%	62^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	23	15.2%	97^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	11	7.2%	88^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	4	7.8%	78^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	12	13.5%	94^th
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%	94^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	13	8.8%	93^rd
2014 Nov-Dec	49	3	6.1%	85^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	10	6.9%	88^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	41	16.8%	98^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	22	15.8%	96^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	10	5.6%	91^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	34	24.8%	97^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	3	1.5%	40^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	77^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	33	15.9%	97^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	3	2.2%	59^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	43	21.6%	95^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	48^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	15	11.6%	90^th
2018 Apr-Jun	157	3	1.9%	38^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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Emanuel Cleaver II is pronounced:

ee-MAN-yoo-uhl // KLEE-ver

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
EE ee	meet
ER er	her
K k	king
L l	leg
M m	man
N n	not
UH uh	cup
V v	van
YOO yoo	unit

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II

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