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Republican representative for Virginia’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Cline votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Cline’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Cline votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Cline’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-21.2% | 7.4% | -6.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cline vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No |  | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Ben Cline's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 78.2% | +21.8 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Aug. 12 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.6% | -34.6 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.7% | -11.7 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Ben Cline's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.1% | -23.1 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.9% | -17.9 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.6% | -75.6 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.9% | -21.9 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 64.5% | -64.5 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Ben Cline's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.5% | -19.5 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.6% | -38.6 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.0% | -18.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Ben Cline's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.3% | +81.7 |
| Feb. 9 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.0% | -63.0 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.0% | -60.0 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ben Cline's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ben Cline's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 40.5% | ||
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.8% | -11.8 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Ben Cline's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Ben Cline's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.1% | -30.1 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.3% | -14.3 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ben Cline's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.1% | -54.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.1% | -18.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.9% | -9.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.3% | -10.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ben Cline's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.7% | -70.7 |
| Average | 7.4% | 13.9% | -6.5 | |||
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