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April 28, 2020

(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), along with Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 5 other lawmakers, delivered a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin asking that temporary emergency measure be taken to support Minority Depository Institutions (

April 24, 2020

(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), along with Representative Michael Kelly (R-PA), led 53 lawmakers in a bipartisan letter encouraging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to extend its deadlines to allow families with dependents to receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment.

April 23, 2020

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, with United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voting in favor of the legislation.

April 23, 2020

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called on the Department of Treasury, as well as three of the largest banks in the U.S., to modernize anti-money laundering regulations to combat banking discrimination against Muslim Americans.

April 22, 2020

(Kansas City, MO) – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced it would offer cash-strapped mortgage servicers much-needed financial relief by limiting the obligations servicers must pay to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on missed payments from single-family loans.

April 22, 2020

(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Wm.

April 17, 2020

(Kansas City, MO) – As Congress continues negotiations on the fourth phase of emergency coronavirus relief for the American people, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) led over 120 lawmakers in urging congressional leadership to include funding for the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the final legislation.

April 17, 2020

(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Kamala Harris (D-CA) and over 80 of their fellow lawmakers in the U.S.

April 13, 2020

(Kansas City, MO) – United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH) issued a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell calling on the Fed to include minority-owned asset managers and broker deals as partners in the implementation of its capital markets and liquidity programs.