This is the official Twitter page of Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, representing Missouri's Fifth District.
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Republicans promised they would lower costs on day one.
Instead, their policies have driven up prices on everything from gas to groceries, crushing working-class families in the process.
Filling up a Ford F-150 truck now costs about $100, up $30 from a year ago. Mortgage rates have jumped to levels that have depressed home sales. And for the past 12 months, consumer prices have risen faster than paychecks, making the average family poorer. abcnews.link/lZflzAb
The corruption of this president is staggering.
No public official should get rich off insider information—which is why I continue to support a stock trading ban on the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress.
In 2022, Democrats enacted the Solar For All program to slash utility bills, boost American manufacturing, and create clean energy jobs.
After two federal courts found the Trump administration is illegally blocking the program, @SenSanders, @RepFletcher, and I are leading 111 lawmakers in demanding the program be restored.
Find more information on our effort to uphold the law, lower energy costs, and support investments in American communities nationwide here:
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While the president’s disastrous war in the Middle East is driving up grocery costs, Republican cuts to nutrition assistance programs are taking food off the table of America’s most vulnerable families.
It’s a self-inflicted crisis.
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While working-class families are struggling to fill up their gas tank every week, the president is making a killing off his disastrous war in the Middle East.
The American people deserve better.
FIRST ON CBS: As President Trump boasts about how much money the U.S. oil and gas industry is making from the war with Iran, the president's personal holdings in oil and gas are now worth between $22.5 million and $81.6 million, compared with $12.6 million to $46 million at the end of 2025, according to a new report by Democrats on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. cbsn.ws/47IN9un
Last year, Republicans made historic cuts to American health care programs in order to finance massive tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefited the wealthiest 1%.
The effects continue to crush working-class families across the country.
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I’m proud to have earned a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s Congressional Scorecard as we fight back against the assault on the freedoms of LGBTQ+ Americans.
Everyone deserves to live freely as their authentic selves—which is why we must continue to defend the rights of ALL Americans.
Are you interested in politics and want to learn how policy is made on Capitol Hill?
Then apply for an internship in my congressional office next spring!
Find more information here:
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Causing immeasurable damage while casting aside qualified experts in service of one man's ego.
If the story was satire, we'd say it was too on the nose.
Exclusive: The historical significance of floor globes used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II was attractive to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, people said.
While moving to his office, staff lost control of the artifact and dropped it. wapo.st/4jvUdSg
With Election Day still more than a week out, President Trump is already preparing to sow chaos and confusion if he doesn't get his way.
But the American people can see this for what it is - an act of desperation.
JUST IN: The Trump administration has preemptively filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska's US Senate election if the Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in the state which could decide the balance of power in the Senate. cnn.it/4i52DPm
Kids can't learn when they're hungry.
Yet President Trump and Republicans in Congress thought it was more important to deliver tax cuts for the ultrawealthy.
Due to last year’s Republican-led budget reconciliation bill, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is undergoing the deepest funding cuts in the program’s history and tighter eligibility rules. wapo.st/47vnWnd
American families want Congress to take action that will lower health care costs.
But rather than investing in health care for working-class families, Republicans in Congress have made historic cuts to health care programs in order to finance more tax cuts for the wealthiest 1%.
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Supported with nearly $24 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Turkey Creek Flood Protection Project is now complete!
Now, local families, homeowners, and small businesses can breathe a sigh of relief knowing they are protected from extreme weather.
Flood waters pay no regard to state borders, and supporting infrastructure projects throughout the Kansas City area ensures the safety and readiness of #MO05!
Since President Trump took office and Republicans took control of Congress, the average household has paid an additional $4,700 for goods and services due to rising costs.
Whether it’s the disastrous war in the Middle East or the costly tariff taxes driving up costs, Republicans are making life harder for American families.
The most corrupt administration in American history.
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The president promised to lower costs on day one.
But after nearly two years in office, the policies of the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have led to higher inflation, higher fuel prices, higher unemployment, and higher mortgage rates.
A complete failure.
The policies enacted by President Trump and Republicans in Congress have crushed working-class families while further enriching the wealthiest 1%.
The American people deserve so much better.
Trump ran on tax cuts. But his economic policies have driven up taxes and costs for all but the wealthiest 1% of Americans, a think tank reports. usatoday.com/story/money/per…
Vladimir Putin is directly responsible for the deaths of countless innocent civilians in Ukraine.
The Trump administration’s support of his regime only encourages the continuation of his despicable invasion and the deaths of civilians.
It’s sickening to watch.
“Food distribution programs are getting less food from federal programs to feed the hungry after cuts by the Trump administration."
“At the same time, restrictions on food stamps from the Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful bill’ have driven up demand, while rising gas prices because of the Iran war have cut into the budgets of households and food banks alike.”
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