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Cliff Bentz

U.S. Representative · OR-2 · Republican

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
0.25· expected 1.41

Below expectations

Rank 355 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 17
  2. Action in committee 4
  3. Action beyond committee 0
  4. Passed chamber 0
  5. Became law 0

17 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 17 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Bentz’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

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

Bentz in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
100/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 1 missed of 674

Voted on 673 of 674 roll calls; missed 1. Higher than 92% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
97/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 136 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 472 votes that split the parties. Lower than 61% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
15/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +3

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 78% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.48

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.

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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 17 (median 26) · cosponsored 106 (median 294), 32 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the House. From congress.gov.

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