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Emanuel Cleaver

U.S. Representative · MO-5 · Party: Democratic

468 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

468
Final-passage votes
973
All recorded votes

Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.

OfficeDemocratic
Office
U.S. Representative
District
MO-5
Party
Democratic
Term
Since 2005
SourceOct 8, 2026

Last verified Oct 8, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Congressional Pictorial Directory

Today
1993Today

No platform recorded yet

This tab shows Emanuel Cleaver's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.

How the platform is recorded

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • H.R. 8774

    H.R. 8774

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8771

    H.R. 8771

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 27, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8752

    H.R. 8752

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.Res. 1316

    Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8774) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8771) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8752) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; and for other purposes

    On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Passed Procedural

  • H.Res. 1316

    Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8774) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8771) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8752) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; and for other purposes

    On Ordering the Previous Question

    Jun 26, 2024 · Result: Passed Procedural

    Not voting Source ↗
  • H.R. 2789

    American Cooperation with Our Neighbors Act

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

    Jun 25, 2024 · Result: Passed

  • H.R. 7152

    Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

    Jun 25, 2024 · Result: Passed

  • H.Res. 901

    Expressing support for democracy and human rights in Pakistan

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended

    Jun 25, 2024 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • H.R. 8070

    H.R. 8070

    On Passage

    Jun 14, 2024 · Result: Passed

  • H.R. 8070

    H.R. 8070

    On Motion to Recommit

    Jun 14, 2024 · Result: Failed Procedural

  • H.R. 8070

    H.R. 8070

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 14, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8070

    H.R. 8070

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 14, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

  • H.R. 8070

    H.R. 8070

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 13, 2024 · Result: Agreed to Amendment

  • H.R. 8070

    H.R. 8070

    On Agreeing to the Amendment

    Jun 13, 2024 · Result: Failed Amendment

Older votes

Raised · 2025–2026

$1,336,738

Spent $1,083,483 · Cash on hand $1,142,882 as of Jul 15, 2026

Money raised by Emanuel Cleaver's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jul 15, 2026 (latest report: pre-primary 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.

Where it came from

  • Small individual donors ($200 or less)$148,13711%
  • Larger individual donors (more than $200)$338,69525%
  • PACs and other political committees$849,89164%
  • Political party committees$00%
  • The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
  • Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$150%

For comparison, the average of the 426 House members with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $2,380,998; PACs 36% of money raised; small donors 10%; cash on hand $1,617,763.

Top PACs

  • HALLMARK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE-FEDE
    2 contributions · Issue and advocacy groups
    $10,000
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPA
    4 contributions · Finance, insurance and banking
    $10,000
  • SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOC
    2 contributions · Labor unions
    $10,000
  • TITLE INDUSTRY PAC
    3 contributions · Manufacturing
    $10,000
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
    2 contributions · Labor unions
    $10,000
  • AFLAC PAC
    3 contributions · Not classified
    $10,000
  • MANUFACTURED HOUSING INSTITUTE PAC
    2 contributions · Real estate
    $10,000
  • AICPA PAC
    3 contributions · Not classified
    $10,000
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PAC
    4 contributions · Not classified
    $10,000
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC
    2 contributions · Agriculture and food
    $10,000

The 10 largest of $849,891 from PACs and other political committees (64% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗

Outside spending for and against

Spent to support
$10
  • SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
    $10
Spent to oppose
$0

None reported.

Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗

Top contributing industries (approximate)

  • Finance, insurance and banking
    PACs $255,000 · donors' employers $9,271
    $264,271
  • Other members' leadership PACs and campaigns
    PACs $91,000
    $91,000
  • Labor unions
    PACs $75,000 · donors' employers $250
    $75,250
  • Issue and advocacy groups
    PACs $43,500 · donors' employers $1,350
    $44,850
  • Real estate
    PACs $43,500 · donors' employers $250
    $43,750
  • Health care
    PACs $26,000 · donors' employers $2,445
    $28,445
  • Agriculture and food
    PACs $28,000
    $28,000
  • Technology and telecommunications
    PACs $14,000 · donors' employers $1,500
    $15,500

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 63% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.

Donors' employers

  • COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
    16 donors · Not classified
    $9,126
  • KIT BOND STRATEGIES, LLP.
    4 donors · Lawyers and lobbyists
    $6,250
  • THEGROUP
    3 donors · Not classified
    $6,000
  • GATES BAR-B-QUE
    3 donors · Not classified
    $4,000
  • BRYAN CAVE
    4 donors · Not classified
    $3,750
  • ATHENE
    3 donors · Not classified
    $2,500
  • BENNIE LEWIS & ASSOCIATES
    4 donors · Not classified
    $2,450
  • BYRNE PELOFSKY
    3 donors · Not classified
    $1,500
  • BNIM
    5 donors · Not classified
    $1,350
  • UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL
    12 donors · Health care
    $1,050

Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.

Source: Federal Election Commission (Emanuel Cleaver at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 2, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology

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