Representative · Virginia's 6th district

Ben Cline

Ben Cline is a Republican representative for Virginia's 6th district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 7, and cast 465 of 469 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2019
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.0%7 of 675 · rank 316 of 439	99%465 of 469 · rank 116 of 439	290 became law	6%18 of 278
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.6%7 of 1,222 · rank 384 of 442	99%843 of 850 · rank 67 of 442	140 became law	7%24 of 333
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	1.5%15 of 997 · rank 164 of 443	99%556 of 561 · rank 129 of 443	80 became law	15%44 of 297

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.71+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 261–167· Against party
H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 185–231· Against party
H.R. 8774: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 161–251· Against party
H.R. 8580: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
Jun 4, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 290–116· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 227–193· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
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 relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
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 Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Virginia's 6th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $710.8M
Per resident: $895
Rank in Virginia: 7 of 11
Contract actions: 1,746; New awards: 837

By fiscal year

664.9MFY2017
618.2MFY2018
799.2MFY2019
647.6MFY2020
493.8MFY2021
497.2MFY2022
444.1MFY2023
760.4MFY2024
864.5MFY2025
710.8MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$231.4M33%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$106.4M15%
Department of the Navy$80.6M11%
Department of Defense
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$47.8M6.7%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State$39.7M5.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$37.3M5.2%
Department of Defense
Office of Procurement Operations$27.9M3.9%
Department of Homeland Security
Forest Service$16.6M2.3%
Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA - NIGHT VISION LLC$332.3M47%
113 awards
PANAMERICA COMPUTERS, INC.$45M6.3%
95 awards
FOX-ESA JV LLC$37M5.2%
1 award
BRIDGEPHASE LLC$36.4M5.1%
2 awards
MICHAEL STAPLETON ASSOCIATES, LTD.$28.3M4.0%
2 awards
SAWTOOTH CONSTRUCTION JV II LLC$21.3M3.0%
1 award
UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$19.6M2.8%
1 award
PHILLIPS C&C LLC$12.6M1.8%
7 awards
VISION COVE SOLUTIONS LLC$10.8M1.5%
1 award
PEREGRINE DIGITAL SERVICES, LLC$9.3M1.3%
1 award

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.4M; through Jul 15, 2026
Cash on hand: $711.4K
From committees: $651.3K; 201 committees
From contractor PACs: $166K; 50 PACs · 25% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$10K	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$10K	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac	$9,500	DOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$25.5K
leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee	$7,500	LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.1B
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$6,000	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B
liberty mutual insurance companyliberty mutual insurance company - pac	$6,000	LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$5,000	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
the guidehouse inc.the guidehouse inc. political action committee (guidehouse pac)	$5,000	GUIDEHOUSE INC.AI match · 98% · the same organization	$704.6M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.4M	$651.3K	$166K50 PACs · 25% of committee money
2024	$1M	$473.7K	$138.5K40 PACs · 29% of committee money
2022	$993.3K	$365.6K	$86.5K25 PACs · 24% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Virginia's 6th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Virginia's 6th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Virginia's 6th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Virginia's 6th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: cline.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5431
Office: 2443 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.