U.S. House · Virginia, District 6

Rep. Ben Cline

Republican Serving since Jan. 3, 2019Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 1% of votes (7 of 674) · How this is measured
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Votes with own party 99% 2 pts above expected Higher than 166 of 219 House Republicans Votes with the President 100% About as expected 100% on legislation only Bipartisan bills led 13 More than 51% of House members Liberal-to-conservative rank 94thpercentile in all of Congress · 89th percentile among Republicans

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Ben Cline's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress94thpercentile
More conservative than 94% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
31st most conservative of 531
Republicans in Congress89thpercentile
More conservative than 88% of Republicans in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
31st most conservative of 272
The House95thpercentile
More conservative than 94% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
23rd most conservative of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
99%
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 98%

Higher than 166 of 219 House Republicans.

Actual99%
Expected98%
Difference+2 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Ben Cline. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 470 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 98%See the 470 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
100%all votes
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Highest of all 219 House Republicans.

Actual100%
Expected99%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Ben Cline. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 142 votes100% on legislation onlySee the 142 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Ben Cline went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Ben Cline voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

How this is measured
DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

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How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 37.5%Trump 61.4%

Virginia's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Issue by issue

How often Ben Cline votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Ben Cline sides with their party least often on Agriculture and Food (88%).

Ben ClineAverage for House Republicans
  1. Agriculture and Food 88%Average 87% · 8 votes
  2. Armed Forces and National Security 95%Average 96% · 41 votes
  3. Environmental Protection 96%Average 98% · 27 votes
  4. Congress 100%Average 99% · 110 votes
  5. Economics and Public Finance 100%Average 91% · 63 votes
  6. Energy 100%Average 100% · 38 votes
  7. Crime and Law Enforcement 100%Average 100% · 28 votes
  8. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 100% · 19 votes
  9. International Affairs 100%Average 98% · 16 votes
  10. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 100% · 20 votes
  11. Immigration 100%Average 100% · 15 votes
  12. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 99% · 13 votes
  13. Education 100%Average 100% · 12 votes
  14. Labor and Employment 100%Average 97% · 12 votes
  15. Commerce 100%Average 100% · 8 votes
  16. Law 100%Average 100% · 6 votes
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

2 passed their chamber · 0 became law

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How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Contact and committees

Contact

D.C. office phone
202-225-5431
Office
2443 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4606
Official website
cline.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Appropriations
    2 subcommittees
    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
  • Committee on the Budget
  • Committee on the Judiciary
    2 subcommittees
    • Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
    • The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
    2 subcommittees
    • Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture
    • National Security Agency and Cyber

Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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