Emanuel Cleaver

Emanuel Cleaver
U.S. House, Missouri, District 5
Incumbent
In office
January 3, 2005-Present
Term ends
January 3, 2013
Years in position	9
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$174,000
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
First elected	November 2, 2004
Next election	November 6, 2012
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Mayor of Kansas City
1991-1999
Kansas City, City Council
1979-1991
Education
Bachelor's	Prairie View A&M University
Master's	St. Paul School of Theology
Personal
Birthday	October 26, 1944
Place of birth	Waxahachie, Texas
Profession	Pastor, radio show host
Religion	Methodist
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Emanuel Cleaver II (b. October 26, 1944) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. Cleaver was elected by voters from Missouri's 5th congressional district.

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Cleaver is a "rank-and-file Democrat".

Biography

Born in Waxahachie, Texas, Cleaver graduated from Prairie View A&M University and received a Master of Divinity degree from St. Paul School of Theology.

Career

Cleaver works as a Methodist pastor between holding political office.

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2011-2012

Cleaver serves on the following committees:

• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight
  • Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
• Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection
  • Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response
• Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming]]

Issues

Political positions

Percentage voting with party

November 2011

The website Open Congress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. According to the website, Emanuel Cleaver voted with the Democratic Party 92.2% of the time, which ranked 116th among the 192 House Democratic members in November 2011.

Elections

2012

Cleaver is seeking re-election in 2012. Jason Greene is seeking the nomination on the Republican ticket.

2010

On November 2, 2010, Cleaver was re-elected to the United States House for a sixth term. He defeated Jacob Turk (R), Randall D. ‘‘Randy’’ Langkraehr (Libertarian), and Dave Lay (Constitution).

United States House, Missouri General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver, II Incumbent	53.3%	102,076
	Republican	Jacob Turk	44.2%	84,578
	Libertarian	Randall D. ‘‘Randy’’ Langkraehr	1.6%	3,077
	Constitution	Dave Lay	0.9%	1,692
Total Votes				191,423

Campaign donors

2010

Breakdown of the source of Cleaver's campaign funds before the 2010 election.

Cleaver was re-elected to the U.S. House for a fourth term in 2010. His campaign committee raised a total of $637,380 and spent $607,575.

U.S. House, Missouri, 2010 - Emanuel Cleaver Campaign Contributions
Total Raised	$637,380
Total Spent	$607,575
Total Raised by General Election Opponent	$274,423
Total Spent by General Election Opponent	$258,627
Top contributors to Emanuel Cleaver's campaign committee
Polsinelli Shughart	$12,950
Honeywell International	$11,000
Husch Blackwell LLP	$10,500
Carpenters & Joiners Union	$10,000
National Assn of Realtors	$10,000
Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Lawyers/Law Firms	$68,200
Building Trade Unions	$43,500
Industrial Unions	$30,100
Construction Services	$25,700
Real Estate	$24,050

Recent news

This section displays the most recent stories in a Google news search for the term Emanuel + Cleaver + Missouri + House

All stories may not be relevant to this official due to the nature of the search engine.

Emanuel Cleaver News Feed

• Richard Sheridan Attacks Reporter In Vulgar Voicemail After Dallas City ... - Huffington Post
• What Would Bulworth Do? - Wall Street Journal
• No Labels Will Have An Occasional Radio Show, For Some Reason - Huffington Post
• Those crazy, lone-wolf, low level IRS employees - American Thinker (blog)
• Rep. Cleaver blames House Republicans for 'legislative constipation' - The Hill (blog)
• FAA Furlough Bill Passes House To Ease Air Travel Delays (UPDATE) - Huffington Post
• Disney Characters As College Students (PICTURES) - Huffington Post - Huffington Post
• How Democrats Could Blow Immigration - National Journal
• Jaime Herrera Beutler Pregnant With First Child - Huffington Post - Huffington Post
• Sheila Jackson Lee - San Antonio Express

Personal

Cleaver and his wife Dianne raised their four children in Kansas City, where they still live.

External links

• U.S. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver official site

• Social media:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
• Biographies:
  • U.S. Congress
• Political profiles:
  • GovTrack
  • OpenCongress
  • Project Vote Smart
• Financial:
  • FEC
  • OpenSecrets.org
  • LegiStorm.com
• Interest group ratings:
  • Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions:
  • On The Issues
  • Project Vote Smart
• Public statements:
  • Project Vote Smart
• Voting record:
  • Project Vote Smart
  • Washington Post
• Media appearances:
  • C-SPAN
• Media coverage:
  • Washington Post

Political offices
Preceded by Karen McCarthy	United States House of Representatives - District 5 2005–Present	Succeeded by '
Preceded by '	Mayor of Kansas City 1991-1999	Succeeded by '
Preceded by '	Kansas City, City Council 1979-1991	Succeeded by '