Emanuel Cleaver
Democrat · MO-5 · U.S. House
Bio
Emanuel Cleaver II is an American politician and United Methodist pastor serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 51st mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, from 1991 to 1999, becoming the first Black person to hold that role.
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Issue profile
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Comically unprepared JD Vance shamed by local columnist after clumsy campaign stopVice President JD Vance paid a visit to Kansas City, but some locals were decidedly unimpressed by his preparation for the event.The 41-year-old vice president stopped by Milbank Manufacturing Company on Monday, ostensibly to talk about the manufacturing sect…
Raw Story · May 19, 2026
'Worst of both worlds': Trump under fire as inflation figures far higher than expectedPresident Donald Trump caught heat from political analysts and observers on Wednesday after the latest economic data showed the "worst of all worlds" has arrived. Financial experts on CNBC noted that the latest inflation data that was released on Wednesday ca…
Raw Story · March 18, 2026
Congressman Cleaver Votes to Extend ACA Tax Credits to Lower Health Care Costs for Missouri Families(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of legislation to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that help lower health care premiums for more than 20 million Americans across the country, including more…
House.gov · January 8, 2026
Transcript: Trump in Fury as GOPers Quietly Defy His Plot to Rig 2026The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.President…
The New Republic · December 10, 2025
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