Ben Cline

U.S. Representative · VA-6 · Republican

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 9, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

0.82· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 182 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Cline’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

30 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 30 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Cline’s ratings compare with every representative

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Cline.

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 7 missed of 674

Voted on 667 of 674 roll calls; missed 7. Higher than 73% of House members.

15%100%

99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 42 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 470 votes that split the parties. Higher than 73% of House members.

45%100%

7/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −5

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 98% of House members.

0%70%

+0.71

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Cline’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 7730 Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment ActUnknown; bill summary not yet available. AI-readFinance and Financial Sector · Sent to President Nov 5, 2026Substantive367 words Sent to President

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.