Representative · Missouri's 5th district

Emanuel Cleaver

Emanuel Cleaver is a Democratic representative for Missouri's 5th district, in Congress since 2005. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 28, and cast 446 of 450 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 4, 2005
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6754.1%28 of 675 · rank 97 of 43999%446 of 450 · rank 133 of 439230 became law20%96 of 484
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,22217.6%215 of 1,222 · rank 10 of 44299%700 of 706 · rank 86 of 442310 became law16%88 of 557
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.5%5 of 997 · rank 318 of 44399%568 of 572 · rank 99 of 443260 became law5%29 of 543

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.45+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
  2. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  3. H.R. 1156: Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement ActYea
    Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 295–127· Against party
  4. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
  5. H.Res. 927: Condemning antisemitism on University campuses and the testimony of University Presidents in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.Yea
    Dec 13, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 303–126· Against party
  6. H.Res. 773: Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the House of Representatives.Nay
    Nov 1, 2023· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Failed 179–213· Against party
  7. H.R. 4394: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 116–303· Against party
  8. H.R. 1338: SAT Streamlining ActYea
    Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

80 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced7695%
  2. Reported by committee22.5%
  3. Passed one chamber22.5%

Policy areas

  1. Finance and Financial Sector12
  2. Housing and Community Development12
  3. Crime and Law Enforcement11
  4. Health9
  5. Education6
  6. Congress5
  7. Transportation and Public Works5
  8. Environmental Protection3

Latest activity

  1. H.Res. 1595 Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Month", and raising awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease.
    Introduced· Oct 1, 2026
  2. H.R. 10426 Backlog Justice Act of 2026
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 16, 2026
  3. H.R. 9898 Transportation for Reentry Act
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Jul 23, 2026
  4. H.R. 9844 CHARTS Act
    Introduced· Health· Jul 22, 2026
  5. H.R. 9048 Celiac Safety Act of 2026
    Introduced· Health· May 29, 2026
  6. 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· Finance and Financial Sector· Apr 30, 2026
  7. H.R. 8402 Civics Learning Act of 2026
    Introduced· Education· Apr 21, 2026
  8. H.R. 8325 Rehabilitation Through Reading Act of 2026
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Apr 16, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Missouri's 5th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.9B
Per resident
$3,753
Rank in Missouri
2 of 8
Contract actions
1,853
New awards: 743

By fiscal year

  1. 1.5BFY2017
  2. 2BFY2018
  3. 2.1BFY2019
  4. 2.4BFY2020
  5. 2.6BFY2021
  6. 2.9BFY2022
  7. 3BFY2023
  8. 3.2BFY2024
  9. 3.2BFY2025
  10. 2.9BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Energy$2.3B78%
  2. Department of the Army$116.9M4.0%
    Department of Defense
  3. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$100.4M3.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Office of Procurement Operations$88.7M3.0%
    Department of Homeland Security
  5. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$68.6M2.4%
    Department of Homeland Security
  6. Department of Veterans Affairs$66.4M2.3%
  7. Defense Logistics Agency$56.3M1.9%
    Department of Defense
  8. Public Buildings Service$25.6M0.9%
    General Services Administration

Top recipients

  1. HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$2.3B78%
    1 award
  2. OLIN WINCHESTER LLC$87.5M3.0%
    11 awards
  3. VENDTECH-SGI LLC$74.3M2.5%
    5 awards
  4. SKYMARK REFUELERS LLC$49.9M1.7%
    5 awards
  5. BRILLIENT CORPORATION$31.1M1.1%
    1 award
  6. EPSILON INC$25.2M0.9%
    2 awards
  7. KONIAG BRILLIENT, LLC$21.6M0.7%
    1 award
  8. BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.$18.4M0.6%
    42 awards
  9. MRIGLOBAL$16.6M0.6%
    20 awards
  10. FIRST COAST SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.$11.8M0.4%
    1 award
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.3M
through Jul 15, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.1M
From committees
$921.5K
239 committees
From contractor PACs
$144K
37 PACs · 16% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$10KPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$10KCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
burns & mcdonnell, inc.burns and mcdonnell inc. pac$10KBURNS & MCDONNELL, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$6M
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$7,500MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
u.s. bancorpu.s. bancorp federal political action committee$7,000U.S. BANCORPAI match · 99% · the same organization$8M
black & veatch corporationblack & veatch political action committee (black & veatch pac)$5,000BLACK & VEATCH SPECIAL PROJECTS CORP.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$10M
jpmorgan chase & co.jpmorgan chase & co. federal political action committee$5,000JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.5M
evergyevergy employee powerpac$5,000EVERGY MISSOURI WEST, INC.AI match · 98% · of one corporate family$8.2M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.3M$921.5K$144K37 PACs · 16% of committee money
2024$1.4M$945.5K$134K33 PACs · 14% of committee money
2022$1.2M$930.2K$136.8K35 PACs · 15% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  11. House · Missouri's 5th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
cleaver.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4535
Office
2217 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.