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Democratic representative for Missouri’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Cleaver votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Cleaver’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Cleaver votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Cleaver’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+18.8% | 100.0% | +3.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cleaver vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.9% | +11.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.7% | +13.3 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.1% | +6.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.3% | +22.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.3% | +9.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.0% | +23.0 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.8% | +7.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.2% | +7.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.8% | +7.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.2% | +19.8 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.3% | +13.7 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 98.8% | ||
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.8% | +9.2 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Emanuel Cleaver's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.2% | +12.8 |
| Average | 100.0% | 96.9% | +3.1 | |||
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