I’ll keep working with Rep. Lawler, along with Senator Coons and Cramer, until our bipartisan bill is signed into law.
Keep working with Rep. Lawler and Senators Coons and Cramer to get the Choice in Affordable Housing Act signed into law.
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"I’ll keep working with Rep. Lawler, along with Senator Coons and Cramer, until our bipartisan bill is signed into law."
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (Introduced 03/10/2025). Latest Action: House - 03/10/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced.
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (Introduced 03/06/2025). Latest Action: Senate - 03/06/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced.
Assessments
Cleaver made a serious bipartisan legislative effort on this promise: after pledging on March 7, 2025 to keep working with Rep. Lawler and Sens. Coons and Cramer until the bill became law, he sponsored the House measure, H.R. 1981, on March 10, 2025. But as of June 13, 2026, the official Congress.gov status for H.R. 1981 is still introduced/referred in the House, and the Senate companion, S. 890, is still introduced/referred in committee. The Choice in Affordable Housing Act has not passed Congress or been signed into law, so the promised outcome was not delivered. Because Cleaver did materially advance the effort as sponsor, the effort badge applies.
Cleaver promised to keep working with Rep. Lawler and Senators Coons and Cramer until the Choice in Affordable Housing Act was signed into law. The House bill, H.R. 1981, was introduced by Cleaver on March 10, 2025 and referred to the House Financial Services Committee, but Congress.gov still lists it only as Introduced, not enacted. The Senate companion, S. 890, likewise remains Introduced after referral on March 6, 2025. Because Cleaver made a concrete legislative effort but the promised enacted-law outcome has not occurred, this is not fulfilled, with effort credited.