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Representative Emanuel Cleaver has represented the Kansas City area in the House since 2005. A former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, he is a cousin of the late Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver.
Cleaver had a long career in Kansas City politics before entering Congress, having served as a city councilman for 12 years and mayor for 8 years. During his time in office, he has focused on economic development and redevelopment. Cleaver successfully co-authored the largest sweeping reform bill on housing programs in 20 years, the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act, a bipartisan comprehensive housing bill that passed into law with a unanimous vote.
An ordained United Methodist pastor, Rep. Cleaver has been a strong proponent of a two-state solution.
