Ben Cline

RepublicanDistrict R+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score64#72 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Ben Cline’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-5431 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2443 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4606

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

Signals to watch

What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.

Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal

Strong
Backs 3 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 3 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1993, H.R. 3276, H.R. 5058.

Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal

Medium
Votes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.712 (party median +0.530; rank 196 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 100 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).

Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 7.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

House Committee on Appropriations
Majority · 17th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
House Committee on the Budget
Majority · 7th in seniority
House Committee on the Judiciary
Majority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

Cline

← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →

Their score of +0.712 is 0.18 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Republican average

119th Congress100
House Republican average: 86 (n=217)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Swing score for Ben Cline on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 10724To amend title 11, United States Code, to clarify the rules for the exceptions to the discharge of the debt of an individual debtor, and for other purposes.Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	72 Broke with party on 10% of 38 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Swing
H.R. 10746Fossil Free Finance Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov