Congressman Cleaver Brings Members, Staff Together to Highlight Civility and Bipartisanship

Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, June 15, 2010, after the last votes of the day, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II, will join with his neighbors, Rep. Albio Sires, Rep. John Linder, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Mark Kirk, Rep. Judy Biggert, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Rep. Jim McDermott, and their staff to enjoy a “Civility Social.” These members from across the aisle and around the country will join in a spirit of bipartisanship and camaraderie to share refreshments from their home districts.

“This is a moment for us all to press pause on the polarizing partisanship of Washington and to turn to our colleagues across the aisle and see one another as friends, not foes,” said Congressman Cleaver. “We have much work to do in this Congress, and we will get more accomplished if we spend less time calling each other names and more time conducting civil conversations about our shared future. If some of that conversation is conducted over Kansas City barbecue, then so be it.”

Emanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Grandview, Sugar Creek, Belton, Raymore and Peculiar, Missouri. He is a member of the exclusive House Financial Services Committee, House Homeland Security Committee and the Speaker’s Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Congressman Cleaver also serves as a Regional Whip of the Democratic Caucus and First Vice-Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.