U.S. House · VA District 6
Ben Cline has represented Virginia's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House since January 3, 2019. A Republican and lawyer, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2018.
Benjamin Cline was born in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, on February 29, 1972. He graduated from Lexington High School in Virginia in 1990, earned a B.A. from Bates College in 1994 and a J.D. from the University of Richmond Law School in 2007. He worked on the staff of U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte of Virginia from 1994 to 2002, was a marketing consultant from 2002 to 2007, and was an assistant commonwealth's attorney in Rockingham County, Virginia, from 2007 to 2013.
Cline was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2018. Elected as a Republican, he has served in the U.S. House since January 3, 2019. In 2024 he was one of the managers appointed by the House to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas. He sits on the Appropriations, Budget and Judiciary committees and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Every House roll-call position in the current Congress that Voteview associates with this member. Data current through Oct 1, 2026.
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| Date | Position | Roll call | Issue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | S2403On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassRetire through Ownership ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Labor and Employment | Passed401–14 | |
| Yea | HR9497On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedWater Resources Development ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Water Resources Development | Passed415–9 | |
| Yea | HR9340On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedRatepayer Protection ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Energy | Passed417–3 | |
| Yea | HJRES213On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Environmental protection | Passed214–208 | |
| Yea | HR10326On PassagePROOF ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Government Operations and Politics | Passed217–207 | |
| Yea | HR9576On PassageNational Fraud Enforcement Division ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Crime and law enforcement | Passed352–72 | |
| Yea | HR5334On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsAn Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposesOfficial roll call ↗ | Economics and public finance | Passed262–159 | |
| Nay | HCONRES93On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with IranBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | International Affairs | Passed220–204 | |
| Yea | HJRES210On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision”Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Environmental protection | Passed216–211 | |
| Yea | HR9500On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedTax Relief for Fraud Victims ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Taxation | Passed408–17 | |
| Nay | HR2140On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassDiesel Emissions Reduction ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Environmental protection | Passed343–79 | |
| Yea | HR4646On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedWhistleblower Protection ActBill record ↗Official roll call ↗ | Housing and Community Development | Passed424–0 |
These are descriptive measures of roll-call behavior, not judgments about truthfulness, effectiveness, or constituent approval.
Based on 570 roll-call observations in the 119th Congress. This is Voteview DW-NOMINATE, an estimate from roll-call behavior—not a Baseline rating. Read the method ↗ or see our evidence rules.
Policy areas come from Voteview’s Congressional Research Service fields, with plain-language fallback categories when no CRS label is supplied.
Source: Voteview members’ votes ↗. Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin, and Sonnet (2026), Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database.
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