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(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced Social Security recipients and other Missourians who have not yet received their Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,400 from the American Rescue Plan should expect to see electronic payments deposited into their bank accounts or loaded onto their Direct Express Cards beginning today.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced over $90.9 million in American Rescue Plan funding will go toward supporting transit projects in the Greater Kansas City Area.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that four Community Health Centers in the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri will receive over $20.8 million from the American Rescue Plan to expand access to COVID-19 vaccination, testing, and treatment operations.
(Washington, D.C.) – United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led more than 30 of their colleagues in a letter urging the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) to work with the housing appraisal industry to address disparities in home valuations for communities of color.
(Washington, D.C.) – The House Committee on Homeland Security favorably reported H.R. 1877, the Security Screening During COVID-19 Act, out of committee last week.
(Kansas City, MO) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined local public officials, community leaders, and advocates to denounce the rise in racism and violence against America's AAPI community, and to stand in solidarity with the AAPI community of Kansas City in the wake of this week's mass shooting in the Atlanta area.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of two landmark pieces of legislation to modernize our immigration system and secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who are, and will continue to be, critical to America's economic recovery. H.R.
(Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined over 240 lawmakers in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, also known as VAWA. This bipartisan legislation would reauthorize and update VAWA to ensure safety, justice, and dignity for America's women.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.J.Res. 17, a joint resolution to remove an arbitrary deadline previously imposed by Congress for individual States to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, United States Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) introduced the Broadband Justice Act of 2021 to expand affordable broadband access to millions of families living in federally subsidized housing.