Emanuel Cleaver
Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-05), in the House since 2005 and a senior member of the Financial Services Committee, shows little evidence of self-dealing. Trackers report essentially no individual-stock holdings or trades, and he co-sponsors the TRUST in Congress Act to ban congressional stock trading; his estimated net worth (~$688K) is modest and offset by long-standing personal debt. His campaign and PAC draw the sector concentration typical of a senior Financial Services member (banks, securities, insurance), which is a correlation worth noting but not proof of pay-to-play. The most notable financial episode is a personal 2002 SBA-backed car-wash business loan that defaulted, leading to wage garnishment and potential taxpayer exposure on the SBA guarantee — a personal-finance matter rather than office-enabled enrichment; he also carries a modestly elevated lifetime missed-vote rate (6.3%).
Public record
- In Congress since
- 2005
- Committees
- Financial Services
- Missed votes, 119th Congress
- 4.2% (28 of 674; median member 1.9%)
- Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
- $1.3M raised · 64% from PACs & committees · $1.1M cash on hand FEC ↗
The stock-trading ban
H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Disclosed stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.
Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Sources behind this score: 2 data aggregator · 2 official record · 1 news reporting · 3 reference database. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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