U.S. Representative — Missouri's 5th District
Emanuel Cleaver
Democrat · Missouri
Democrat U.S. Representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9898 — Transportation for Reentry Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9844 — CHARTS Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9048 — Celiac Safety Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 29, 2026)
- H.J.Res.162 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Protections for Home Sales Financed Under Contracts for Deed". (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
- H.R.8402 — Civics Learning Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 21, 2026)
- H.R.8325 — Rehabilitation Through Reading Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 16, 2026)
- H.R.8296 — Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 15, 2026)
- H.R.8002 — Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 19, 2026)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9986 — Read for Reentry Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.1657 — Humane Cosmetics Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.1178 — Alpha-gal Allergen Inclusion Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9873 — Inclusive Democracy Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.3243 — Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.3036 — Protecting America’s Workers Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.431 — Pony Up Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
Voting analysis
Emanuel Cleaver departed from his caucus twice. Not twice on any particular subject — twice in total, across every comparable roll call counted here. That is the smallest number of departures on any page written for this site so far, and it makes the two that exist worth naming individually: an amendment vote, and a fuel retailing bill he supported while his caucus opposed it.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 243 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164 | May 13, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
Two bills about leaving prison
Among his filings, one provides transportation for people re-entering society after incarceration and another concerns rehabilitation through reading. Getting to a job interview and having something to do inside are both unglamorous, and both address the same measurable thing: whether a person released from custody comes back.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.
Contracts for deed
He also moved to disapprove the consumer bureau's retirement of its rule covering home sales financed under contracts for deed. That instrument is a way of buying a house where the buyer takes on the obligations of ownership without receiving the title until the very last payment, so a single missed instalment can end the whole arrangement. Several members on this site have used the disapproval mechanism in this same reverse direction; this is the one aimed at the sharpest edge of it.
Housing tops his classified subjects, and he leads the minority on the housing and insurance panel at Financial Services, whose Nebraska Republican chairman is also written up here.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Emanuel Cleaver's cluster into: Housing and Community Development (9), Crime and Law Enforcement (8), Finance and Financial Sector (8), Education (5), Health (5), Environmental Protection (3).
Below the Missouri Democrats
Missouri sends two Democrats to the House, so this compares him with one colleague, and his is the lower figure.
Among the 2 Democrats in the Missouri delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 1.4%. Emanuel Cleaver is below that average at 1.0%.
Tenure and attendance
Eleven terms from the middle of the two-thousands. His absence share is among the higher figures recorded here.
First elected in 2005, now serving across 11 terms. Emanuel Cleaver falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Emanuel Cleaver has 233 bills sponsored, 4314 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Financial Services
- House Committee on Financial Services: Capital Markets
- House Committee on Financial Services: Housing and Insurance (Ranking Member)
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