• CLEAVER, EMANUEL II
Experience: House: District 5, 2005-Present
Home State: Missouri
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $749,057Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Emanuel Cleaver II
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Dianne; 4 Children: Emanuel III, Emil, Evan, Marissa
    Birth Date: 10/26/1944
    Birth Place: Waxahachie, TX
    Home City: Kansas City, MO
    Religion: United Methodist (UMC)

Education

    MDV, Saint Paul School of Theology, 1974
    BS, Sociology, Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1972

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 5, 2004-present
    Mayor, Kansas City, Missouri, 1991-1999
    Member, City Council, Kansas City, Missouri, 1979-1991

Current Legislative Committees

    Financial Services, Member
    Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Congressional Black Caucus, present
    Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present
    Former Chair, Planning and Zoning Committee, Kansas City

Professional Experience

    Founder, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Kansas City Chapter
    Senior Pastor, Saint James United Methodist Church, 1969-2005
    Host, Under the Clock, KCUR Radio, 2000-2004
    Founder, Harmony in a World of Difference, 1991

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Former Chair, American Jazz Museum
    Former Board Member, Brush Creek Community Partners
    President, National Black Conference of Mayors
    Former Board Member, Saint Luke's Hospital
    Former Member, United States Conference of Mayors
    Former Board Member, University of Missouri, Kansas City
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Oppose
11. Support & expand free trade

Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Support
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Oppose
Total: 117
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
04/22/2010 H.R.4178 Deposit Restricted Qualified Tuition Programs Act of 2010 04/22/2010 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
12/03/2009 H.R.1849 World War I Memorial and Centennial Act of 2009 12/03/2009 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.  (All Actions)
10/19/2009 H.R.3600 To prohibit the sale and counterfeiting of Presidential inaugural tickets. 10/19/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.  (All Actions)
09/17/2009 H.R.3599 Deposit Restricted Qualified Tuition Programs Act of 2009 09/17/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
07/31/2009 H.R.3443 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the private activity bond rules to except certain uses of intellectual property from the definition of private business use. 07/31/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
06/25/2009 H.R.3037 FLY Act of 2009 06/25/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.  (All Actions)
06/17/2009 H.Con.Res.155 Supporting the goals and ideals of "Complaint Free Wednesday". 06/17/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
05/21/2009 H.R.2589 Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement Act of 2009 05/21/2009 Referred to House Ways and Means  (All Actions)
12/09/2008 H.R.7312 To prohibit the selling and counterfeiting of tickets for a Presidential inaugural ceremony. 12/09/2008 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.  (All Actions)
10/07/2008 H.R.7243 To designate the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the National World War I Memorial. 10/07/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
09/25/2008 H.R.6198 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building". 09/25/2008 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
09/18/2008 H.R.6960 To establish the World War I centennial commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I. 09/18/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
04/24/2008 H.Con.Res.292 Honoring Margaret Truman Daniel and her lifetime of accomplishments. 04/24/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 717.  (All Actions)
03/14/2008 H.R.5625 To amend the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 to provide for a temporary increase in the maximum loan guaranty amount for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 03/14/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.  (All Actions)
02/18/2008 H.R.5459 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Triadimefon. 02/18/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
02/18/2008 H.R.5458 To suspend temporarily the duty on Hydrazine monohydrate. 02/18/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
02/18/2008 H.R.5457 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Deltamethrin. 02/18/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
02/18/2008 H.R.5456 To suspend temporarily the duty on Tembotrione. 02/18/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
12/13/2007 H.R.4610 To suspend temporarily the duty on Tembotrione. 12/13/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
12/13/2007 H.R.4609 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on FOE Hydroxy. 12/13/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
Total: 2057
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/12/2017 H.R.2881 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals, and for other purposes.
06/12/2017 H.Res.380 Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017 H.R.2845 To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs.
05/19/2017 H.Res.344 Recognizing the contributions of senior volunteers.
05/18/2017 H.Res.337 Expressing support for designation of May as Stroke Awareness Month.
05/18/2017 H.R.1477 No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act
05/17/2017 H.R.2477 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017 H.R.2475 To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017 H.R.356 Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/08/2017 H.R.2403 Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017
05/02/2017 H.R.2282 Equality Act
05/02/2017 H.Res.291 Promoting and supporting the goals and ideals of the Fair Housing Act and recognizing April 2017 as Fair Housing Month, which includes bringing attention to the discrimination faced by every-day Americans in the United States in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, and religion.
05/02/2017 H.R.1242 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
04/27/2017 H.R.1666 To prohibit the availability of funds for activities in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
04/27/2017 H.R.1135 To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.
04/26/2017 H.R.1960 Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
04/25/2017 H.Res.187 Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan. Passed Yea
04/25/2017 H.R.1358 Scientific Integrity Act
04/07/2017 H.R.1902 Social Security 2100 Act
04/07/2017 H.R.19 Smithsonian Women's History Museum Act
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