# Ben Cline

Ben Cline is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Virginia’s 6th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Virginia’s 6th district
- Serving since: 2019-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: C001118
- FEC candidate IDs: H8VA06104

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001118 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

28% of Cline’s statements criticize a policy, 1.9 times the House Republican average of 15%.

## What Cline says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,490 classified statements: 1,239 posts on X, 119 Congressional Record speeches, 78 newsletters, 54 press releases. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Cline | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.5% | 2.1% | 59 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 28.5% | 15.1% | 9 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 79.8% | 67.7% | 18 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.3% | 8.9% | 132 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 46.6% | 37.4% | 46 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 8.5% | 3.0% | 11 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 23% (House Republicans 13%); Armed Forces and National Security 22% (House Republicans 24%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (House Republicans 19%); Crime and Law Enforcement 19% (House Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 18% (House Republicans 19%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.38 (standard error 0.01), from 1,263 donors and 3,827 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 90% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 99.1% (97.1%). 43 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 278. 6.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 174 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10843: VACRA (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10843
- H.R. 10016: Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-08-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10016
- H.R. 9701: Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act. (in committee, 2026-07-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9701
- H.R. 8787: Servicemember Payment Data Privacy and Security Act (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8787
- H.R. 8569: No Bias in the Baseline Act (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8569
- H.R. 8570: Cost Estimate Clarity Act (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8570
- H.R. 8077: 287(g) Cooperation Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8077
- H.R. 7900: Protecting Access to American Products Act (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7900
- H.R. 7730: Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act (passed both chambers, 2026-10-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7730
- H.R. 7687: No Tax on Takings Act (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7687

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.9M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 8.2% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 79% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2114696294333821102
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2114764745135788185
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2114826149402730978
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2114429787330543740
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2114019836250685507
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2113621713003192595
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2113641622915154382
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2113745528781779135
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2113768430444675207
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBenCline/status/2113252026985685214

## Links

- Official site: https://cline.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepBenCline
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBenCline
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repbencline
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/congressmanbencline8000
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C001118

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001118