Budget and Appropriations
(Washington D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II is extremely concerned about the effects that President Donald Trump's FY 2018 budget will have on rural Americans and small town citizens.
"This budget is not for rural America and it hurts working families, veterans, and especially low-income families and seniors," said Congressman Cleaver.
Yesterday, President Donald Trump released his FY 2018 budget recommendations. Though the power to spend and appropriate lies squarely with Congress, every year the President offers a budget proposal. This year's budget proposal left me astounded. Surely something with such blatant disregard for our most vulnerable citizens could not, should not, and will not pass in Congress.
President Trump's cuts to several departments are simply put - harmful. This budget hurts working families, veterans, and especially low-income families and elderly citizens.
"President Trump's FY18 budget contains significant cuts and changes to several departments that are simply put -- harmful.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) advocated for the inclusion of language in the end-of-year Continuing Resolution – H.R. 2028 - and is pleased to announce that the language was included in the final bill. H.R. 2028 was passed by the U.S. House earlier this month by a vote of 326-96. This added language will help further the redevelopment of the old Bannister Complex.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House sent President Obama's Fiscal Year 2017 budget request to Congress. Congressman Cleaver applauded the President for putting forward a budget that builds the foundation for a strong American future – investing in innovation for the 21st century, advancing a world-class education system, and empowering hard-working families.
For more than five years, I have written a weekly commentary treatise promoting the need for an elevation in congressional civility and a denunciation of the notion that compromise means capitulations. Four hundred and thirty-four Members of the House of Representatives receive the weekly congressional communiqué. Hundreds, over the years, from both sides of the aisle, have expressed enlightenment in the ruminations.
Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) and Al Green (TX-09) announced that President Obama has included funding for body cameras in his FY2016 budget.
In a letter to the White House, Congressman Cleaver urged President Obama to include $4.7 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the President's Fiscal Year 2016 budget.
Today, Congressman Cleaver sent a letter to President Obama supporting the inclusion of body cameras and community policing in the upcoming President's Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2016.
Kansas City – It is Tax Day, and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, is reiterating his fight for a tax code that is doesn’t favor the wealthy, but is fair for the middle class.
“The partisan politics and back biting in Washington needs to end,” said U.S. Representative Cleaver, “We must work together to reform our tax code for the middle class. It is past time to close the loop holes, stop the tax breaks for special interests, and start supporting hard-working Americans who are struggling under an unfair system.”